fighting between multiple groups in aleppo has also intentionfied. regime forces are on the northern part of aleppo they face resistance from the al-nusra front, a group linked to al-qaeda. in the countryside, the area is held by isil trying to capture more territory. and it's not just aleppo. there are no more classes in this school. it has almost a shelter for people who's homes have been destroyed. this person was forced to leave from her district but even here she is struggling to provide for her children. this area has remained under perpetual siege. >> translator: we were deplaced from our home. and i don't even know what happened to my husband. i have three children. my son was killed while he was working. i don't even know where he was buried. >> reporter: and syria's war drags on there is no end in sight for their suffering. >> >>> human rights watch says there is strong evidence to suggest syrian government forces have used toxic -- chemicals. one attack killed six civilians including three children. >>> for years the syrian regime has been

and it's not just aleppo there are no more classes at this school in the anwar area of homs and a shelter for people whose homes destroyed and forced to leave the district but here she is struggling to provide for her children, this part of homs is under siege by regime forces. >> translator: we were displaced from the city and i don't know what happened to my husband. i have three children. my son was killed while he was working. i don't even know where he was buried. >> reporter: and as the war drags on there is no end in sight for their suffering, i'm with al jazeera. >>> rival groups in the central african republic planning to sign a peace deal any nairobi and this is the former president and the man who ousted him in a coup the leader of the seleka rebel group and but there are questions about the legitimacy of the latest agreement. central african republic has been in turmoil since seleka rebelled seized the town in march of 2013 and ousted the christian leader and the country's first muslim leader this in a country that is 80% christian. and seleka rebels violent take over led to r

in other parts of western aleppo. people say when they drop entire families disappear, the rescuers take days to pull out the bodies. we are supposed to be your people the fighters of the f.s.a. can bomb the areas but they won't do it as a matter of revenge. we are muslims fighters raid the aarm la, the syrian observatory based in the u.k. says othernight bombardment has intensified in areas in and around aleppo. activists say the sitwigs has worsened and more than 135 schools and markets have been closed in rebel held areas of the city. but barrel bombs aren't the only threat. fighting between multiple groups has also intensified. the syrian observatory says forces are on the northern part of aleppo. a group led to al quaida, the central part are mainly held by an alliance of opposition groups and the country side military airport is held by isil trying to capture more territory. and it's not just aleppo, there are no more classes at this school it has become a shelter for homes that have been destroyed. they were fo

fighting between groups in aleppo have intensified. regime forces backed by hezbollah fighters are on the north part of aleppo. they fight the al nusra front. the country side near the military airport it's held by isil trying to capture mortar tore. and it's not just aleppo. there are no more classes at this school in homs. it has become a shelter for people whose homes have been destroyed. had woman was forced to leave her home, but even here she struggles to feed her children. >> we were displaced and i don't even know what happened to my husband. i have three children. my son was killed while he was working. i don't even know where he was buried. >> as syria's war drags on there is no end in sight for their suffering. >> human rights watch says it has evidence that strongly suggests syrian government forces used toxic chemicals during attacks northwest of the country. rescue workers reported multiple attacks in idleb. which killed six people including three children and affected more than 200 others. the group says that eyewitness

a syrian government airstrike near a school in aleppo is said to have killed at least nine children and teachers. >> hello, iowa. >> the race is on. hillary clinton expected formally to say she wants to be president. fighting for the forest. the women of costa rica taking the environment into their own hands. >>> saudi arabia is saying it's carried out more than 1,000 airstrikes across yemen since the start of its campaign there. eight civil yajz we understand were killed in one of the most recent attacks in the city of taiz. some of the firstest fight something in the south where the houthis are trying to take the port city of aden. there has been resistance from local tribesmen there in ibb and in shabwa province. from the u.n. the estimate is more than 600 people have been killed and more than 2000 injured. saudi arabia says it has killed more than 500 houthi fighters. food and water supplies are dwindling. prices skyrocketing. al jazeeramet 1 family struggling inside sanaa. here is gerald tan. >> reporter: the seemingly quiet neighborhood in sanaaa, the mountain is home to a base of

fighting between multiple groups in aleppo intensified. the observatory said regime forces backed by al-nusra are fighting. the country side near the military airport is held by isil trying to capture more territory. it's not just aleppo. there are classes at this school near homs. forced to leave from the district even here, she is struggling pro provide provide for her children. this portion of homeys under perpetual siege. >> we were displaced and i don't even know what happened to my husband. i have three children. my son was killed while he was working. i don't even know where he was buried. >> as syria's war drags on, there is no end in sight for their suffering. >> prosecutors in the u.s. state of oak on the ground have charged a police officer who shot and killed a black man during a botched arrest. police video of the incident has been released, showing what happened. >> roll on your stomach now! [ gunshot ] >> in shot him i'm sorry. >> oh, he shot me! >> stop fighting! [ screaming ] >> he shot me! >> he shot me, man! oh my god! >

fighting on the ground in aleppo has intensified. the latest spike in violence is taking the humanitarian situation even worse as osama reports. >> reporter: field hospitals in part of aleppo held by the opposition are struggling to cope with the rising number of wounded. they are short of doctors and medicine. >> translator: all of the wounded were civilians. there were no fighters among them. there are women and children who are still under the rubble. >> reporter: people say the syrian government has increased barrel bomb attacks on this and other parts of western aleppo. people say when these bombs drop entire families disappear, and rescuers dig for days to pull out the bodies. >> translator: why are you do this? we are supposed to your people. the fighters of the fsa could bomb the area but they don't do it. we are muslims and there are women and children here. [ sirens blaring ] >> reporter: fighters raise the alarm when a plane is spotted and people run for cover. overnight bombardment has intensified in areas in and around a

do you still have confidence the special envoy, the strategy that he proposed for the freeze in aleppo did not work. there is criticism in the way it was executed. and so do you have confidence in him? >> of course we have great confidence in him and the team and the great team that he has put together. he is over 30 years of front-line experience in the u.n.'s political humanitarian work in the most dangerous places, and we of course have full -- full confidence in his work and the way he has been -- he has been doing his work. >> so -- >> and i would add -- >> go ahead. >> i would add if i may, i think the characterization of how the freeze was put together in the piece i think is -- is incorrect. i think he started, you know, presented this idea of -- of a freeze to the security council then to the press, but prior to that he had been in damascus. and had extensive consultations and discussions with the government. he and his team had also had discussions with various opposition groups and i think he announced it because he saw a willingness on the part of the government to perhaps

security council about the start of his imminent freeze plan for aleppo. but that plan never got off the ground, in an exclusive interview, the former chief political affairs advisor says the plan failed because of the way they ran the office. al jazeera james bays explained. >> no one doubts that stefan has one of the toughest jobs jobs in global diplomacy. he is the u.n. special envoy charged with trying to bring peace to syria a place that has seen more bloodshed than anywhere else in the western u.s. until recently, he was employed as the principle advisor, he has now decided to speak out expressing dissatisfaction with the way they have been running the mission. >> i think over time, it became increasingly clear that we were enganged in what was even the best of circumstances amounting to no more than a rather meaningless side show, that is doing nowhere. >> he is particularly critical of the way he announced his plan for a cease fire or freeze in aleppo, he briefed the press after informing the security council in the a close session. >> it should be

in syria there's been more fightingfighting in the city of aleppo. opposition forces have been trying to take the government intelligent center, while jets have been carrying out bombing raids. fieldn't hows held by the opposition are struggling to cope with the rising number of the wounded. all of the wounded were civilians, there were no fighters among them, there are women and children who are still under the rubble. >> people there say the syrian government has increased barrel bomb attacks on this and other parts in witness aleppo. people say when these bombs dropped entire families disappeared and rescuers dig for days to pull out the bodies. >> why are you doing this? we are supposed to be your people. the fighters of the f.s.a. could bomb the areas under the regime control but they won't do it as a matter of revenge. we are muslims. and take into consideration there are women and children here. faders ring the alarm when a fighter is spotted. based in the u.k. says overnight bombardment has intensified in areas in and around aleppo. activists

a syria government air strike near an aleppo school is said to have killed nine children and teachers. plus: >> i'm on the island in costa rica where we'll show you how a woman's collective has worked hard to save these unique mangrove swamps. >> and you had rain carried out more than 1,000 airstrikes in yemen. eight civilians were killed in one of the most recent attacks in taiz. the strikes were aimed at soldiers loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh. some of the fiercest fighting is in the south where the houthis are trying to take aden. there has been resistance from local tribesman in two provinces. the u.n. estimates more than 600 people have been killed and more than 2,000 injured in recent weeks. saudi arabia said it has killed more than 500 houthi fighters. saudi arabia said it has the support of yemen's tribes and will soon provide them with ground support to confront the houthi rebels. >> there's been considerable interaction with the yemeni tribes. they have declared loyalty to the sovereignty and president hadi. they're committed to defendant yemeni citizens an

. >> a government air strike near a school in aleppo kills nine children and teachers. >> hillary clinton! >> the race is on, hillary clinton expected to form ally announce she's running for president again. >> we travel to the dadaab refugee champ where they are reconsidering moving hundreds of thousands of refugees to somalia. >> the final day of the match in golf and the a near miss at a race in france as cyclists ignore the barriers and the train that was approaching. >> saudi rain has carried out more than a thousand airstrikes in yemen since the start of its campaign there. eight civilians were killed in one of the most recent attacks in taiz. houthis she trying to take the port city of aden, but there's been resistance from local tribesman especially in ib province and shabwa province as well. more than 600 people have been killed and 2,000 hurt in recent weeks, although saudi arabia said it has killed alone more than 500 houthi fighters. saudi saying it has the support of yemen's tribes and will be providing them with ground support you to confront the houthi rebels. >> there's be

the biggest loss of life came when a hospital was hit in northern aleppo province. these pictures appear to show the aftermath of the strikes >>> two months ago, the u.n. special envoy to syria briefed the security council about the start of his imminent freeze plan for aleppo but that plan never got off the ground. he says that the plan failed because he was not equipped for the role. our diplomatic editor explains. >>reporter: no one doubts that he has one of the toughest jobs in diplomacy. he's the u.n. special envoy charged with trying to bring peace to syria, a place that's seen more blood shed and carnage than anywhere else in the last few years. until recently his principle political -- dissatisfaction with the way he has been running his mission. >> i think over time it became increasingly clear that we were engaged in what even under the best of circumstances amounted to no more than a rather meaningless side show that was going nowhere. >>reporter: he's particular critical of the way he announced his plan for a cease fire or freeze in aleppo. he briefed th

coalition promises to help tribal fighters defeat the houthis >>> a syrian government air strike near an aleppo school is said to kill nine children and teachers. plus... >> i'm on the island in costa rica, and we'll show you how a women's collective worked hard to save the mangrove swamps. >> and sport - the final round of the marathon and a drama in cycling >>> hello. after weeks of speculation hillary clinton finally declared that she is running for the democratic nomination to become the next president of the united states. posting on twitter, the former secretary of state and first lady said she wanted to be a champion for every day americans, her second attempt to secure the top job after being beaten by president obama in the 2008 primary race. >> i'm running for president. americans have fought their way back from tough economic times, but the deck is stacked in favour of those at the top. every day americans need a champion. i want to be that champion. you can do more than get by you can get ahead and stay ahead. when families are strong americans are strong. so i'm hitting the road to

. >> still to come on al jazeera battling for influence in aleppo isil suicide bombers target syrian opposition fighters. plus once a daryl of investors now sentenced for fraud the verdict in the biggest scandal in indian corporate history. >> the first major golf event of the season has begun the masters. we'll look at how tiger woods has gotten ready for his return by playing around with his family. >> the greek government has given the go ahead to the bank of greece to repay around $501 million to the international monetary fund. alexis tsipras signing a deal of economic cooperation with russia on wednesday. we have the latest from the capitol, athens. >> so the greek government has cobbled together the lateliest main to pay back the i.m.f. there's the impression that it's living an increasingly hand to mouth economistence scraping funds together to make payments to the i.m.f. and struggling to raise the money to pay pensions, and salaries to civil servants in this country. there's been a marked deterioration in relations between the greek government and its various creditors. irr

-- northern aleppo. dozens of civilians and opposition commanders were reportedly killed in the two attacks. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: this is all that remains of the syrian opposition military headquarters in northern aleppo province. a suicide bomber with islamic state of iraq and levant rammed his vehicle into the building and detonate the explosive device. dozens of civilians, two opposition commanders were reportedly killed in the attack. >> god willing, the north and west of aleppo we are steadfast. we will not allow i.s.i.l. to attack. >> reporter: the war in syria involves various armed groups trying to remove president bashar al-assad from power. the conflict is complicated by the i.s.i.l. offensive. there are reports of cooperation between some i.s.i.l. fighters and certain opposition groups i.s.i.l. wants control of all of syria, and that means the removal of president bashar al-assad. the school in this up to was also destroyed by an i.s.i.l. suicide bomber. it's believed the at

she was only able to attend school in her hometown of aleppo for one year before the war started. >> i can write a few words, and compose a simple letter. but i want to learn to read and write properly. and i want to go to a proper school. >> instead, she sits with her mother and three siblings in a damp basement apartment in an istanbul suburb. her father works as a day laborer, earning the equivalent of around 400 euros a month. it's not enough to send khadijah to a private refugee school. >> whenever i pass a school in istanbul, i get very sad, because i can't send my children to school. in a way, they've lost four years of their lives. >> but at least turkish authorities have given refugees like the kurdiehs i.d.'s that allow them to get medical treatment for free. but there's no doctor that can help with the cold that enters through the makeshift coverings on the glass-less windows, no prescription for homesickness. >> i really miss my home, especially my neighbors in aleppo and my apartment. i have no idea what condition it's in. i'm safe here in turkey, but no country is as be

suicide bombers from islamic state of iraq and the levant have targeted syrian opposition fighters in aleppo. a number of people were kill interested in the attacks. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: this is all that remains of the syrian headquarters in northern ep leapt poe province. a suicide bomber from the islamic state of iraq and the levant rammed his vehicle into the building and detonated the explosive device. dozens were reportedly killed in the attack. >> translator: god's willing, the northern countryside of aleppo will remain steadfast. we'll never allow isil to advance. >> reporter: the war in syria involves various groups all trying to remove president bashar al-assad. there are reports of occasional cooperation between some isil fighters and certain opposition groups isil wants control of all of syria, and that also means the removal of president assad. this school was also destroyed by a suicide bomber. it is believed the bomber was targeting another syrian base close by. more than 15 civilians and opposition fighters were reportedly killed in the attack. >> translator

. >>> syrian government forces have hit parts of idlib and aleppo with barrel bombs. >> reporter: these women and children appear to have been held by rerl groups in syria, since august 2013. there are about 90 of them. rebels say they want a prisoner swap. they filmed the prisoners appealing to the president. >> translator: please go quickly to negotiation. >> reporter: rebel fighters have made progress through idlib province this week. the go retaliated with barrel bombs. there is a new alliance of rebel groups including al-qaeda's nusra front, gaining ground. >> al-nusra estimates the number at 15,000, they had been working very professionally on three axis and using double tactics, one of them guerrilla war fair and the other like a tactical army. they had tanks and artillery. >> reporter: the government has recently intensified its attacks on rebel-controlled areas of aleppo province. once a financial capitol, has now been reduced to rubble. even just outside of the capitol, damascus people are vulnerable to attacks from the government. assad's forces still have the advantage of ai

province and aleppo city wants a capital rich in business, and is now being reduced to rubble. outside the capital, people are vulnerable to attacks from the government. bashar al-assad's forces have the advantage of air power, even in areas where they lost on the ground. >>> let's look at one place where the syrian government lost ground idlib province. it is completely under the control of a new alliance of anti-government forces called the army of conquest. latakia province the strong hold of bashar al-assad and his family is next door. it's made up of five groups including al nusra front. some were fighting each other. it is different from islamic state of iraq and levant or i.s.i.l. and holds another province that is raqqa in the north-east. the free syrian army groups hold areas along syria's southern border with jordan. joining us from beirut is a senior analyst with the international crisis group. good to have you with us. who is the army of victory or conquest of the which groups are we talking about here? as you mentioned, it's a range, dominated by islamist groups op

the government has stepped up it's air strikes on aleppo and the provinces. mohamed has the latest from beirut over 220,000 people killed. that is staggering number being provided by the syrian observatory for human rights that say that over 65,000 people killed since the fighting began were civilians and that over 11,000 of those killed were children. the syrian observatory also reporting the clashes have been intensified especially in the province, of course, being the second provincial capitol to have been overtaken by rebels that happened at the end of march since then, there have been more air raids by the syrian regime, according to activists in that area. over the course of the past 36 hours we are told there are 120 air raids that dozens of barrel bombs have been dropped in that area, and that civilians are really really suffering. that it has gotten so much bloodier, it has gotten so bad that just tuesday human rights watch release add report, in which they accuse the regime of using chemical warfare, using chlorine there barrel bombs that were dropp

. >> nowhere is the conflict more complex than aleppo. syrian rebels are trying to throw off bashar al-assad and fend off i.s.i.l. they are as big a threat to the rebels as to the government. >> reporter: this is all that remains of syrian opposition headquarters in northern aleppo province. a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into the building and detonated the explosive device. dozens of civilians and two opposition commanders were reportedly killed in the attack. >> reporter: the northern side of aleppo is steadfast, we will never allow i.s.i.l. to advance. >> reporter: the war involves many armed groups trying to remove bashar al-assad from power. it's complicated by the i.s.i.l. offensive. further reports of some cooperation between i.s.i.l. and some groups. i.s.i.l. wants control of syria, and the removal of bashar al-assad. a school was destroyed by an i.s.i.l. suicide bomber. it's believed the attacker was targetting a syrian opposition base close by. more than 15 civilians and opposition fighters were killed reportedly, in the at

. >> reporter: meanwhile government forces stepped up attacks in aleppo and idlib killing 40 civilians including 20 children activists say the syrian regime have packed the eastern side of aleppo city with barrel bombs. the air raid killed at least ten people in the neighborhoods and idlib the government reportedly dropped bombs containing toxic gas according to a human rights group and have been over 100 strikes in the area over the last few days. russia says the arrival of 300 u.s. troops in western ukraine could seriously destabilize the situation, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine posted a photo on twitter showing american troops arriving in liviv and going to train 900 ukraine national guards over the next six months as fighting continue with pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine and we will go to rory and why is the kremlin so upset as it seems they are given these troops are on a training mission, nothing more? >> well, the kremlin is upset because that main thing that russia has tried to avoid throughout the entirety of this ukrainian crisis in many ways you could say once russia

. >>> syrian government forces stepped up attacks in aleppo and idlib killing 40 civilians including 20 children and according to human rights groups 100 strike in the area in the past few days. assad has been in a television interview as part of national day and critical of foreign intervention and u.n. and mistura's efforts to resolve the conflict. >> if you want to look at the conflict in syria as only internal conflict between factions, that is not realistic and not objective. actually the problem is not very complicated and it became complicated because of external intervention and any plan if you want to execute in syria today in order for the problem and this is the plan to aleppo it will be spoiled by some intervention. >> reporter: south africa police fired rubber coated steel bullets and a stun grenade at migrants and they armed themselves with machetes and 12 arrested in overnight violence and south africa hit with a wave of attacks by immigrants in two weeks and complained about lack of protection and some started to arm themselves and south africa president has called fo

coming up in the next 30 minutes, a syrian government irstrike a school in aleppo is said to have killed at least nine children and teachers. >> hello, iowa! >> the race is on. hillary clinton expected formally to announce she wants to be president. turkey some oned an ambassador after pope francis describes the mass killing of armenians as genocide. saudi arabia says it has carried out more than 1,000 airstrikes across yemen since the start of its campaign there. eight civilians were killed in one of the most recent attacks. that was in the city of tise. it was, we are told loyal to the former president. some of the fiercest fighting in the south where the houthis are trying to take the port city of aden. there has been resistance from lob tracksman in ib and in shabwa provinces. the explanation from the united nations is that more than 600 people have been killed and more than 2000 have been injured in recent weeks. saudi arabia saying it has killed more than 500 houthi fighters. >>> food and water supplies are dwindling. prices are rocketing. al jazeera met one family struggling in th

it connects hama and idlib provinces and the regime only link between homs in the south and northern aleppo. >> translator: our main objective is to destroy checkpoints leading to the city. if we succeed in that we will cut all supply lines from regime forces. >> reporter: whatever the outcome, it's an important front line in this confront without an end, al jazeera. >>> italian police this morning arrested several men responsible for quote acts of terror and the al-qaeda suspects planned an attack on the vatican and attacks across pakistan 18 suspects include two reported former body guards for bin laden who allegedly staged attacks in pakistan trying to topple the government police say the accused suspects financed it in afghanistan and pakistan. two crew members at the helm of a migrant boat crash are in court in italy today and captain and first mate face homicide and human trafficking of the deaths of 700 on the vessel and happening as european leaders say it will give aid to help the crisis. more than 160 african migrants from sudan are living under a bridge in the center of paris and

syrian rebels shelled a government held enabled in aleppo early saturday, killing at least nine people. footage aired showed damaged buildings and injured people treated at the local hospital. >> also in aleppo, 10 people have been killed following a government air strike on a school in a direct. a child and four female teachers were among the dead. most of those wounded are reportedly children. >> let's go to egypt now and growing unrest in the sinai peninsula. a car bomb exploded near the main police station killing at least three soldiers and injuring 30. earlier in the day there was another bomb blast targeting an army vehicle. six soldiers were killed there. a group pledging allegiance to isil says it was behind that attack. the al jazeera cairo bureau chief joins us now in the stood co. talk us through what you think is happening why we're seeing this increase in violence targeted at soldiers in particular. >> actually, in the last 10 days is a continuous attacks even between the army or between the military groups. it started the last tuesday, we can say when the military groups

in aleppo 40 people have been killed following a government air strike on a school. a child and four female teachers were among the dead. most wounded are reportedly children. >> the kenyan government has given the u.n. three months to close its refugee camp, which is home to more than half a million somali refugees. it accuses al shabab of hiding in that camp. al shabab fighters killed 148 people at a university in the town of garissa last week. we have more from the camp. >> high in the refugee camps home to up to half a million somali receive jesus some have been living here for the past 25 years. the first batch of refugees came and were put in this camp where we're in in 1991. they say that it's calls coming from the kenyan government, they are saying that they have not been involved in the insecurity in kenya and they are also saying that there is absolutely no assurance with their relocation kenya will have peace. they are saying if the local kenya population that is benefiting a lot from their presence here, they say majority of the workers for the u.n. organ

. >>> in syria at least 26 people have been killed in aleppo in government barrel bomb attacks activists say dozens were injured. regime forces have intensified their bombing of the neighborhoods of aleppo controlled by rebels, targeting schools and markets. >>> saudi arabia's newly appointed foreign minister is to attends his first gulf corpse summit. yemen is expected to formally request to join the powerful grouping of arab gulf monarchies. more on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in em yemen. i must warn you might find of the images in this report to be distressing. >> reporter: this malnourished 12 is one that millions that need food in yemen. and this is what has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. intense fighting between pro government groups fightth houthis and loyal assists of the former regime. this area is just west of the airport in the port city of aden. people who live here say houthis and militia men who support them took over their houses. the accused -- they a cooss the iran-backed fighters of using heavy weapons. >> they took over the civil

charlie: why did you spend more time attacking aleppo? president assad: we were getting rid of terrorists. there are no moderates in aleppo. charlie: the definition of a terrorist is what? president assad: whenever you hold a gun and kill people and destroy public buildings and private property. charlie: anybody who opposes your government in syria? president assad: the word opposition is political opposition. do you have military opposition? would you accept it? you would not. nobody accepts military opposition. charlie: it is one thing to say there is military opposition. it is another thing to call them terrorist. president assad: military opposition is terrorism. whenever you hold a gun and try to kill, that is terrorism. it is not my definition. whenever you want to make opposition, it is going to be political opposition. like your country. you have the same criteria. we do not have different criteria. charlie: if there is a negotiation, would you accept as part of your negotiation, to share power in syria with anyone who is in oppos

fire -- >> he is politically critical of the way he announced his plan for a cease fire or freeze in aleppo, he briefed the press after informing the security council in a closed session. >> it should be something that freeze it is conflict in the area. >> but it has claimed this point he hadn't properly floated the idea with the government or the opposition. >> the total absence of prep pa story work, and that pretty much guaranteed that you weren't going to get a freeze, you will get frostbite. >> his predecessors were former secretary and veteran diplomate. in my experience, and trying to deal with these issues he was very much out of his depth. he simply wasn't up to the task, and i don't mean this as a personal criticism ever as an observation that he doesn't have the right background, and expertise. >> and he makes this charge. >> there was a very serious issue of to put it bluntly chronisim the dojo personnel decisions are those with whom he felt a particularly close professional connection, irrespective of the fact that they were also completely out of their depth and simply were no

it happen in the city of aleppo. activist shoes that after the shelling, a government air strike killed eight people and wounded several more. here is the latest from jerusalem. >> human rights group said the fighting intensified when the government fired rockets and a gun ship attacked a busy market. >> reporter: aleppo is in the grips of a bloody tug-of-war between the government of syria and rebels. the city is on the front line of syria's long civil war. in the meantime the situation remains dire in a refugee camp in the capitol city of damascus. it has become a living hell with 18000 palestinian men and women starving and dying of disease. refugees are trapped in the camp after isis militants overran it. aide workers are trying to get in relief and medical supplies that run out. syrian government forces are tearing the camp to pieces andine a hospital hit by a rocket. u.n. secretary called for international help. >> the refugee camp is a piece of hell. residents including 3500 children are turned into human shou

president bashar al-assad's military has stepped up attacks on aleppo's military recently but denies hitting the school. >>> in yemen the battle is intensifying. iran has called for saudi arabia to end its air strikes but the saudis say they have no intention to back down. fighting killed 3 saudi fighters fighters. mohamed val reports. >> one killed by houthi mortar shells is about to be buried. among the objectives of the saudi led air strikes is to stop the conflict in yemen spilling over into saudi arabia. now, there are fears the kingdom may be forced to order a ground invasion. yemen and saudi arabia share a 1800 kilometer border. hundreds of refugees are heading north. this latest wave including yemenis and saudi arabia e-saudi arabiafsaudiarabians. most of these people arrived on foot as they crossed the border there was fresh fighting nearby and fighter jets flew in the opposite direction. >> i'm from sada. i came here seeking a job. there are no jobs in yemen. and the situation is miserable only war and explosions. life there has become difficult. >> translator: we arrived t

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in aleppo, as the civil war continues and becomes ever more complicated. john is on the ground in the middle east. >> leland, it's a bloody fight for control between government forces an also those rebel fighters as we've been talking about. this has been on the front line of syria's civil war for several years. let's start there. syrian rebels, according to the latest reports that we're getting from the ground hit a government-held building earlier today, killing at least five people. we're also hearing that helicopters gunships have been firing on rebel-held sections of aleppo, including a busy market. that today killing another eight people. but we're waiting for more confirmation from our sources on the ground and with officials from various human rights group that have been getting the updated reports. ahelpa is located in the northwestern part of syria. as i said, has been on the front line of syria's civil war, really a bloody tug of war for control between syrian government forces loyal to president bashar al assad and the rebel factions fighting f

. >>> isils bombers have argued syrian opposition fighters in the northern aleppo province. dozens of sillians and commanders were reportedly killed. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: this is all that remains of the syrian opposition military headquarters. a suicide bomber with the islamic state of iraq and the levant rammed his vehicle into the building and detonated the explosive devise. dozens of civilians and two opposition commanders were reportedly killed in the attack. >> translator: god's willing the northern countryside of aleppo will remain steadfast. we will never allow isil to advance. >> reporter: the war in syria involves various competing groups trying to remove president assad from power. it has been further complicated with the isil offensive. isil wants control of all of syria, and that also means the removal of president assad. this school was also destroyed by an isil suicide bomber. more than 15 civilians and opposition fights or were reportedly killed in the attack >> translator: isil don't have the ability to send fighters. that's why they send c

the government held neighbourhood in aleppo - nine were killed dozens wounded. footage aired showed damaged buildings and injured people treated at hospitals >>> iraqi troops say they are making progress in anbar province. fighters are helping the government offensive. anbar is a large province. an a retired army general said it would be difficult to defeat them. >> i think the iraqi government has a long way and difficult time to defeat i.s.i.l. they have the two biggest areas. anbar and to whom it may concern, it's big, more than 100,000 scirkph. 10 times the size of lebanon. the capital is ramadi. now we are talking about the problem is ramadi. that is the capital. it's surrounded. surrounded by i.s.i.s. i.s.i.s. succeeded to take over a very important position in control in ramadi. i.s.i.s. has the headquarters, the military headquarters of the region, and many administrative headquarters. still ramadi under the control of the iraqi army >>> parents in australia that refuse to vaccinate their children may lose out on government benefits and may be denied up

. >>> syrian government forces stepped up attacks in aleppo and idlib killing 40 civilians, and 20 children. there has been over 100 strikes in the area in the last few hours. >>> iraq's prime minister welcomed iran's assistance in the fight against i.s.i.l. haider al-abadi warned them to respect their sovereignty. the comments made on the third day of a visit to washington. they are working on taking tikrit from i.s.i.l. >>> representatives from libya's two rival governments resumed un-brokered talks in morocco, and followed an air strike hitting an airport ner tripoli. the united nations is pushing for a unity government to end the unrest in libya, that is four years after the ousting of former leader muammar gaddafi >>> a chinese court sentenced a female journalist to 7 years in prison. gao was accused of leaking state secret to foreign news organize situations. she was famous for hard-hitting reports on political elites. we have more on the sentencing. >> reporter: the conviction of a 71-year-old journalist is no surprise to those watching here as the state controls china's courts. she

. ♪ >>> twin car bombs have killed at least 50 people in syrian's northern province of aleppo. activists have blamed isil for attacking fighters from a rebel group. >>> an afghan soldier has opened fire on u.s. troops killing one of them and wounding at least two others. it took place in the province shall governor's compound. the afghan soldier was shot dead. >>> the u.s. state of south carolina a white police officer has been charged with murder after video emerged of him repeatedly shooting a black man as he ran away. it contradicted the officer's claim that the suspect walter scott has grabbed his taser. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: 33-year-old north charleston police officer is behind bars after this graphic video went viral. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: a witness captured the moments the officer shot and killed the 50-year-old in the back. scott a father of four, employed and engaged to be married is seen running away from the officer. the officer pulled scott over for a broken taillight. in his initial report he wrote scott had attacked him, stolen his taser, and

. >> did you see the sixth mince piece on the sarin gas attack in aleppo i believe it was in syria? i think it was aleppo the horrible little children thriving in death rows because bashar assad dropped sarin gas on them. what did the president of the united states do? again he walked away. >> why? >> leading from behind. he doesn't believe america is an exceptional nation. he believes we are just like every other. he doesn't want to get involved. 200,000 people slaughtered, millions are in refugee camps. all of whom blame us. and, by the way, we are sowing the wind and going to reap the whirlwind of these refugee camps. this president walks away. every american should see that documentary that was on sixth mince last night. i am telling it you will make you physically ill. >> when we see these horrible videos of these people in jump suits whether it's jordanian video isis. it's day after day after day. are the american people getting so desen at this sized to this stuff. >> the people doing it are the jv. the american people are not desensitized. more and more think we have to have

a syrian government airstrike near a school in aleppo is said to have killed at least nine children and teachers. >> hello, iowa. >> the race is on. hillary clinton expected formally to say she wants to be president. fighting for the forest. the

serious government steps up air strikes on idlip and aleppo and u.n. hears evidence of chemical attacks with the victims and two children. and call the president putin is questioned by the public for almost four hours. >>> i'm lee with the sport included invited, how the city of eugene is awarded the world championship with no other contenders allowed. ♪ hello, yemen's new vice president urged houthi rebels to end of offensive on the port city of aiden and good will gesture to open the door to peace initiatives and called for army units for the government in exile instead of houthi rebels. u.n. envoy to yemen resigned monday criticism of failure to broken an end to the crisis. and heavy fighting has broken out in and around the central city of ti opening up a new front for the houthis, they and allies are battling an army brigade and tribesmen and we have more details. ♪ this is the man likely to be yemen's next president. khaled bahah is currently vice president and prime minister. his task is to pull together a nation on the brink of civil war. k

activists say barrel bombs were dropped on the eastern side of aleppo city. at least ten people were killed in two neighbors. and bombs containing toxic gas reportedly dropped by government aircraft. human rights workers say there have been more than 100 strikes in the area recently. >>> since the arrival of nearly 300 u.s. yups in eastern ukraine is russia says could seriously destabilize the region. as fighting continues with pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine. rory challands has more on the reaction from moscow. >> reporter: you can probably assume that the kremlin is a bit more worried about this than they are letting on. they will see this as part of a continuation of nato encroachment on russia and they have always been against the joining of ukraine into the nato security umbrella. obviously this isn't going that far, but they are not going to look on this kindly at all. another thing that the russians will be watching very very closely is exactly who is being trained by these u.s. paratroopers because included in ukraine's national guard are variou

. >> there's also a gene bank located in aleppo, syria, being threatened by the conflicts there. >> this has the world's most important collection of wheat. >> the norwegians built this facility on the top of the world in 2008 in preparation of a doomsday scenario. but like any insurance policy, the hope is that they never have to use it. last year a really bad scenario showed itself this one having to do with public health. the world was engulfed by fear as an ebola epidemic reekd wreaked havoc. there is no cure, many more were in effected andin infected and there was no real concern about this country. salma thrvetion man kajabke called last year's epidemic of ebola the tip of the iceberg. this is what he told me. >> i think ebola has shown us that if you an outbreak in one part of the world and it's the result of the degradation of their health care system, you see it all over the world. you can't see somebody pumping carbon in one part of the world and elsewhere. there is a more nuanced ali. if you look back at the 1980s donor countries ours being one of them, especially subsaharan a

. >>> in the past 36 hours, there has been an increase in syrian government air strikes over aleppo. more than 220 strikes have killed 40 civilians. al jazeera's correspondent is monitoring developments from neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: over 220,000 people killed in syria. that's a horrifying number. they say over 65,000 killed since the fighting began in syria were civilians, and over 11,000 were children. they also reporting that clashes have intensified especially in idlib province. the second capitol to have been overtaken by rebels. since then there have been more air raids according to the activists in the area. over the course of the past 36 hours, we're told there has v been over 120 air raids, that dozens of barrel bombs have been dropped in that area and civilians are really really suffering. human rights watch released a report in which they accused the syrian regime of using chlorine in barrel bombs that were dropped in idlib over the course of the last two weeks in march. >>> grieving parents have snubbed south korea's prime minister and president on the first anniv

observatory for human rights said the biggest loss of life was when a hospital was hit in northern aleppo province. >>> former cia director david petreus has been sentenced to two years probation and a $100,000 fine for leaking highly classified military information to his mistress. the scandal led to his resignation and the end of a glittering career. let's get more from charlotte, north carolina where petreus was sentenced. hi there, kim. in the end, it was probation and that $100,000 fine? >>reporter: yes. significantly more than the federal prosecutors had recommended but the judge said that the higher fine the maximum penalty under this count that david petreus pled guilty to of removing and retaining secret government documents reflected the serious nature of the crime, the lapse of judgment that he said was exercised by david petreus. it was really astonishishing to see given his record of public service in the military as well as the former director of the cia. and it was for that lapse in judgment that he appeared in front of the courtroom to ask for forgiveness. >> today marks t

. >> two car bombs killed 50 in aleppo. the first happened near a rebel case. activists blamed isil for attacking fighters from a rebel group called the united front which oppose he is the government. >> in north charleston in the state of south carolina, a white police officer has been charged with the murder of a black man. an amateur video shows the officer shooting walter scott several times in the back as he's running away. we have a report. >> 33-year-old north charleston police officer slager is behind bars after this graphic video went environmental. a witness captured the moments the officer shot and killed 50-year-old walter scott in the back. scott, a father of four employed an engaged to be married is seen running from the officer. slager pulled scott over for a broken tail light. in his initial report, he wrote scott attacked him had stolen his taser and that his life was in danger. >> what happened today doesn't happen all the time. what if there was no video? what if there was no witness or hero as i call them to come forward? then this couldn't