the coalition forces to come in and help as it hit the peshmerga no doubt we have martyrs. a steady stream of reinforcements were sent throughout the day blankets and mattresses packed in with the soldiers ready to defend their positions many here feel betrayed by iraqi government leaders in baghdad some fellow kurds and the international community. in reality when we used to fight i saw everyone used to plays the peshmerga they are brave they are fighting for the world and now they have done this plan they are attacking us as i see right now everyone is turning their backs on us. mortar shells machine guns were fired throughout the day well it's going to everyone here is tense. there's a heavy presence of ambulances here waiting to take any of the injured. back to our . prime minister has ordered iraqi forces not to enter abele and to stick to what he called the two thousand and three lines this is all about disputed territories longstanding on resolved issues between baghdad in or below. about who controls what the peshmerga gained more territory since two thousand and fo

well kurdish peshmerga forces continue to hold positions on the outskirts of. everybody of the situation escalates further. nobody at all are going to want to cook and have the county i'm not there on the other side of the river and the shelling our frontline from their side and we're defending that we don't care about them if they cannot be more aggressive than saddam's regime i've been a peshmerga for thirty seven years my hair has grown gray while being a peshmerga god willing we will break them michael patient is a former adviser to the forces and more fellow and he has the latest fighting shows that hard fought independent kurdish state might be a thing of the past this is a very serious situation now dad is actually treating the kurdish population of iraq like they are there isis in a way they're actually conducting military operations against the peshmerga when there are so isis pockets in and around we just. so this is this is this is move laterally to to punish the kurds for this peaceful lot and then they're surprised that the united states didn't bac

militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting i saw them and they didn't pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last peshmerga we will not leave our position the peshmerga took control of the disputed or oil rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and i saw a fence of. shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatened to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position. some of the more than six thousand patients got deployed here in the last few days everybody denies he is force he has had moved into the area to fight the patients but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraqi military operations in the area the kurdish governor of kirkuk says there is only one way to prevent a potenti

militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting isis on and they didn't pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last we will not leave our position. the peshmerga took control of the disputed or oil rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and isolate fence if shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatened to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position some of the more than six thousand patients deployed here in the last few days l.-a body denies he's four seats have moved into the area to fight the peshmerga but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraqi military operations in the area the kurdish governor of kirkuk says there is only one way to prevent a potential conflict here fo

kurdish fighters say they feel betrayed as iraqi forces claim the whole of kirkuk province from peshmerga forces and. i'm malcolm webb in the town of cameron jala in the democratic republic of congo where last month thirty nine refugees from rooney were shot by soldiers following a demonstration will be talking to the security forces and the surviving refugees about what happened. the spanish cabinet is today expected to trigger article one five five of the country's constitution imposing direct rule over the autonomous region of catalonia now the move follows weeks of political deadlock between madrid and the catalan regional government so what is article one five five well it consists of just two short paragraphs allowing madrid to use quotes all measures measures necessary to prevent an autonomous region from breaking the law it has never been applied before the spanish government's options include suspending the cattle and government and removing leaders including the regional president carter's preachment government leaders in madrid could also take control of the catalan police forc

militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting i saw them and they didn't pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten and they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last peshmerga we will not leave our position the peshmerga took control of the disputed or oil rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and isolate pensive shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatened to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position some of the more than six thousand patients deployed here in the last few days everybody denies he's force he has had moved into the area to fight the peshmerga but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraqi military operations in the area the kurdish governor of kirkuk says there is only one way to prevent a potential

militia and iraqi army closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting i saw them and they didn't pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last we will not leave our position. the peshmerga took control of the disputed or oil rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and isolate fence if. shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatened to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position some of the more than six thousand patients deployed here in the last few days l.-a body denies he's force he had said moved into the area to fight the peshmerga but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraqi military operations in the area the kurdish governor of kirkuk says there is only one way to prevent a potential conflict h

in reality when we used to fight everyone used to play the peshmerga they are brave they are fighting for the world and now they have done this plan they are attacking us as i see right now everyone is turning their backs on us. mortar shells machine guns were fired throughout the day well it's going to everyone here is tense. there's a heavy presence of ambulances here waiting to take any of the injured. back to our . prime minister has ordered iraqi forces not to enter abele and to stick to what he called the two thousand and three lines this is all about disputed territories longstanding on resolved issues between baghdad and are below about what the peshmerga gained more territory since two thousand and fourteen as it pushed out of many areas the iraqi army used to control and last month's referendum on secession seems to be the final straw for the iraqi government to neighboring countries who oppose kurdish independence the irony there were very similar scenes just a year ago as the peshmerga iraqi government forces and shia militias all moved in to ward a common enemy eisel but

militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting i saw them and they didn't pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten and they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last we will not leave our position. the peshmerga took control of the disputed or oil rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and i saw a fence if. shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatened to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position some of the more than six thousand patients deployed here in the last few days l.-a body denies his force he has had moved into the area to fight the peshmerga but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraqi military operations in the area the kurdish governor of kirkuk says there is only one way to prevent a potential conflict

we are at the western most peshmerga position from kirkuk and the tension here is frankly palpable ask ali to zoom out behind me there you'll be able to see the smoke on the background those are shia militia tanks kicking up that dust the peshmerga commander here says that around fifty tanks in that area you might ever see vehicles with flags on as well those. vehicles again shia militia armored vehicles those vehicles have moved up that road one would think around about one hundred yards in the last few minutes and as i say the peshmerga here are very nervous indeed they're also telling us that the pressure sorry the shia militias have approached from another direction on this position i mean as we've been reporting as the k r g has said around six thousand at least six thousand forces have been deployed to they say area and the area south of care cook these guys are basically would not be surprised if there was an attack at any time it's obviously important to again reiterate just how important this area is around kirkuk this area was taken by the peshmerga taken control of by the pe

in reality when we used to fight everyone used to play the peshmerga they are brave they are fighting for the world and now they have done this plan they are attacking us as i see right now everyone is turning their backs on us. mortar shells machine guns were fired throughout the day well it's going to everyone here is tense. waiting to take any of the injured. back to our. prime minister hyderabadi has ordered iraqi forces not to enter abele and to stick to what he called the two thousand and three lines this is all about disputed territories longstanding on resolved issues between baghdad and are below about what the peshmerga gained more territory since two thousand and fourteen as it pushed myself out of many areas the iraqi army used to control and last month's referendum on secession seems to be the final straw for the iraqi government and neighboring countries who oppose kurdish independence the irony there were very similar scenes just a year ago as the peshmerga iraqi government forces and shia militias all moved in to ward a common enemy i saw but now their guns are turned

one air base and the local airport which was under peshmerga control the iraqi army and allied forces have also been moving on oil and gas positions let's go straight to stratford who is outside of kurt coke on the outskirts of the city surprisingly fast moving story tell us about what's happening on the ground right now. well yes as you say we're on the outskirts of kirkuk we've been here an hour or so now thousands of families calls moving out of kirkuk as you can see here we've also seen quite a few patients moving out hauled away for essential recently we as you say understand that the iraqi military is in control of this very strategic military base the k. one base that was taken good. by the peshmerga when the iraqi military fled and islip pensive in twenty fourteen we're now also hearing that the iraqi military control of the airport which is quite close to the center of the city we're hearing of ongoing skirmishes clashes in various areas on the outskirts of the city certainly people we've spoken to inside there say that there are a lot of volunteers kurdish volunteers that ha

venezuela kurdish peshmerga forces. projected a warning from iraqi troops to withdraw from an area south of the disputed oil province of quetta cook the contested position controls access to an air base and oil fields in the region tensions been on the rise since kurds voted overwhelmingly for secession from iraq last month stratford reports from west of chemical two weeks ago these iraqi government forces were fighting eisel in this area now after their victory they are advancing towards kurdish peshmerga positions the vehicles you can see there in the distance are shia militia vehicles they have moved closer to that burn to that wall in the last few minutes the dust you can see on the horizon there the peshmerga are telling us are actually tanks they say there are least fifty tanks in that convoy the situation on this defensive position with the peshmerga is increasingly tense it was a similar situation to the southwest of this peshmerga position more shia militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they w

the trade as iraqi forces claim the home of kirkuk province from peshmerga forces. welcome to al jazeera on live from i had. also ahead. so side bombs targeting mosques in afghanistan killing more seventy people plus all the ritual of they have broken the rule of law a basic principle of the european union and a few hours from now spangler expected to unveil details of its plan to take control of cotton on yet. still with limited power and puerto rico a month since hurricane marriott devastated the region the islanders look to the u.s. for help. iraqi forces have claimed control of the whole of chemical province off to intense fighting against kurdish peshmerga forces the army says they capture the last town which is situated at a bill with the help of shia militias stephanie deca reports from the front line with some peshmerga feel they're being betrayed. a new front line opened early friday iraqi forces together with have still shabbier shia militias move towards peshmerga positions. in kurdish it's around thirty kilometers south of erbil on the road to kirkuk. ye

last night and we actually came across the rocky the forces who have advanced there is so that the peshmerga have withdrawn there is no line currently between coke city and the advancing iraqis there are just some some volunteer peshmerga here on the road with no defenses and no no orders and it's it's not clear how the iraqis are going to continue advancing ok so the iraqi forces are bent saying what's the potential for this getting out of control could we be witnessing the start of another military conflict in iraq i mean it is extremely tense here right now and the volunteer go we you know the saying that they're ready to fight even if their leaders and the official peshmerga have withdrawn so i think you know the chances that clashes could break out and escalate a very real and even if only to say that i don't want this to you know descend into another civil conflict in iraq at least two groups are supposed to be allies at least to some degree the kurdish peshmerga and the iraqi forces supposed to be fighting together at least the so-called islamic state what does this mean for n t e s o

militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting i saw them and they didn't pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last peshmerga we will not leave our position the peshmerga took control of the disputed or oil rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and i saw offensive. shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatened to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position. some of the more than six thousand patients got deployed here in the last few days everybody denies he's foresee as it moved into the area to fight the patients but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraqi military operations in the area the kurdish governor of kirkuk says there is only one way to prevent a potential co

was because of unilateral decisions made by some officials the peshmerga general command is blaming this incredibly quick withdrawal of peshmerga fighters from these territories as being as a result of what it describes as historical treason by some senior members of the p u k party one former senior aide to the p u k has called for a transitional government and says more constructive channels of dialogue should be set up with baghdad after the iraqi army has taken so much control of territory that the k r g was hopeful would be part of a future independent kurdish state president barzani is facing one of the biggest political crises of his life charles stuff at al-jazeera north of erbil. there's the titans and abby is iraq's sars the fair in qatar he says that despite the military operation there is no war against the kurds so the prime minister hyderabad confer and reiterated there is no fight there is no war among the iraqi people the kurds are part parcel of the iraqi fabric they are key partners in our country the president of iraq himself is occurred. since two thousand and th

was because of unilateral decisions made by some officials the peshmerga general command is blaming this incredibly quick withdrawal of peshmerga fighters from these territories as being as a result of what it describes as historical treason by some senior members of the p u k party one former senior aide to the p u k has called for a transitional government and says more constructive channels of dialogue should be set up with baghdad after the iraqi army has taken so much control of territory that the k r g was hopeful would be part of a future independent kurdish state president barzani is facing one of the biggest political crises of his life charles stuff at al-jazeera north of erbil. afghanistan's deputy interior minister says at least seventy one people have been killed in a series of attacks carried out by the taliban forty one died more than one hundred fifty were injured in a suicide bombing and a gun battle at a police training center impacting your province and at least thirty others were killed in car bombings in neighboring province. rescue operations continue in somali

we are at the western most peshmerga position from kirkuk and the tension here is frankly palpable ask ali to zoom out behind me there you'll be able to see the smoke on the background those are shia militia tanks kicking up that dust the peshmerga commander here says that around fifty tanks in that area you might never see vehicles with flags on as well those. armored vehicles again shia militia armored vehicles those vehicles have moved up that road one would think around about one hundred yards in the last few minutes and as i say the peshmerga here are very nervous indeed they're also telling us that the pressure sorry the shia militias have approached from another direction on this position i mean as we've been reporting as the k r g has said around six thousand at least six thousand forces have been deployed to they say area and the area south of care cook these guys are basically would not be surprised if there was an attack at any time it's obviously important to again reiterate just how important this area is around kirkuk this area was taken by the peshmerga taking control of

it certainly does i'll tell you exactly where we are we are at the western most peshmerga position from kirkuk and the tension here is frankly palpable ask ali to zoom out behind me there you'll be able to see the smoke on the background those are shia militia tanks kicking up that dust the peshmerga commander here says that around fifty tanks in that area you might ever see vehicles with flags on as well those. armored vehicles again shia militia armored vehicles those vehicles have moved up that road one would think around about one hundred yards in the last few minutes and as i say the peshmerga here all very nervous indeed they're also telling us that the pressure sorry the shia militias have approached from another direction on this position i mean as we've been reporting as the k r g has said around six thousand at least six thousand forces have been deployed to they say area and the area south of care cook these guys are basically would not be surprised if there was an attack at any time there has been afraid as well from one of the fact the main shia militia group the badr briga

in reality when we used to fight everyone used to praise the peshmerga they are brave they are fighting for the world and now they have done this plan they are attacking us as i see right now everyone is turning their backs on us. mortar shells machine guns were fired throughout the day well it's. everyone here is tense. waiting to take any of the injured. back to our. prime minister has ordered iraqi forces not to enter abele and to stick to what he called the two thousand and three lines this is all about disputed territories longstanding on resolved issues between baghdad and are below about what the gained more territory since two thousand and fourteen is pushed out of many areas the iraqi army used to control and last month's referendum on secession seems to been the final straw for the iraqi government to neighboring countries who oppose kurdish independence the irony there were very similar scenes just a year ago as the peshmerga iraqi government forces and shia militias all moved in to ward a common enemy but now their guns are turned on each other stephanie decker al jazeera on

kurdish fighters say they feel betrayed as iraqi forces claim the whole of kirkuk province from peshmerga forces plus. a month after maria and puerto rico is still without power and the island is in ruins. in the next few hours spain's senate is expected to trigger article one five five of the constitution imposing direct rule over the autonomous region of catalonia the move follows weeks of political deadlock between madrid and the cattle and regional government but how did this crisis come about well on october the first catalonia held a referendum on secession spain's courts ruled the vote illegal and the national government tried to stop it still around ninety percent of those who voted back to session catalonia years leaders signed a declaration of independence but immediately suspended it for talks with madrid the central government demanded that the catalan president carter's putin want to clarify whether independence had been officially declared when he refused to do that the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy set in motion the process of revoking catalonia as political tanami a

other scenes just a year ago as the peshmerga iraqi government forces and shia militias all moved in to ward a common enemy i saw but now their guns are turned on each other stephanie decker al jazeera on the road to kirkuk. kurdish fighters who helped dr rice a lot of rockers say the people of the city will determine its future u.s. backed forces are fully recapture the syrian city which had been eisel self-proclaimed capital since two thousand and fourteen they formally handed over control of rackets the accounts of local officials and tribal leaders most of it has been reduced to rubble in less than one percent of the pre-war population of three hundred thousand still live there. the future of rocco will be decided by the people of raka this is quite important and family if the government will administer their affairs by themselves we urge every peace loving country and people to come and take part in the reconstruction the rebuilding of the city and its countryside u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has congratulated the syrian democratic forces for retaking rocker from contro

al jazeera debate northern iraq where many of those kurdish peshmerga forces say they support a session referendum which was held in the kurdish region last month the hundred spoke to some of the soldiers in the labia. the daily grind learning military tactics against elusive enemies under the baking sun this training session is about detecting suspects and suspicious vehicles. make sure no one is wearing a suicide vest and the car is not rigged says the trainer a threat to soldiers here know all too well many of them were children at the time when just going to the market in this part of iraq near the border with syria could be a deadly trap there all sunni muslim arabs proudly serving under the kurdish banner . we saw with the kurds did and what the government did the kurdish areas are safe there is no security in places like baghdad we prefer to be with them and i also need to do the same. there is a sense of newfound purpose and identity among the soldiers here. ever since the fall of saddam hussein in two thousand and three this area was taken by various armed groups including and

was because of unilateral decisions made by some officials the peshmerga general command is blaming this incredibly quick withdrawal of peshmerga fighters from these territories as being as a result of what it describes as historical treason by some senior members of the p u k party one former senior aide to the p u k has called for a transitional government and says more constructive channels of dialogue should be set up with baghdad after the iraqi army has taken so much control of territory that the k r g was hopeful would be part of a future independent kurdish state president barzani is facing one of the biggest political crises of his life charles stuff at al-jazeera north of erbil. the u.s. played a key role in to removal of beisel from morocco with president trump claiming credit for changing the attitude of the military but exactly what role the u.s. will take in the rebuilding of syria and iraqi is still unclear our state department correspondent roslyn jordan has more than four months of ammunition airstrikes and bloodshed. the payoff isis so-called capital of iraq is pra

was because of unilateral decisions made by some officials the peshmerga general command is blaming this incredibly quick withdrawal of peshmerga fighters from these territories as being as a result of what it describes as historical treason by some senior members of the p u k party one former senior aide to the p k has called for a transitional government and says more constructive channels of dialogue should be set up with baghdad after the iraqi army has taken so much control of territory that the k r g was hopeful would be part of a future independent kurdish state president barzani is facing one of the biggest political crises of his life charles stuff at al-jazeera north of erbil we're getting reports of an explosion and pakistan at least six police officers reportedly have been killed in the city of quetta several more injured it's believed a truck they were traveling in was targeted we're still getting more details on this developing story so to keep it here on al-jazeera. president. to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries. the restrictions which would have

this incredibly quick withdrawal of peshmerga fighters from these territories as being as a result of what it describes as historical treason by some senior members of the p u k party one former senior aide to the p k has called for a transitional government and says more constructive channels of dialogue should be set up with baghdad after the iraqi army has taken so much control of territory that the k r g was hopeful would be part of a future independent kurdish state president barzani is facing one of the biggest political crises of his life charles stuff at al-jazeera north of erbil of the south aisle janabi is iraq to fat to qatar he says that despite the military operation there is no war against the kurds. so the prime minister of hyderabad confirmed rated there is no fight there is no war among the iraqi people the kurds are part parcel of the iraqi fabric they are key partners in our country the president of iraq himself is occurred. since two thousand and three all the parties have agreed to the political process and every time there is a difference or a dispute the politic

we are the western most peshmerga opposition from kirkuk and the tension here is frankly palpable ask ali to zoom out behind me there you'll be able to see the smoke on the background those are militia tanks kicking up that dust the peshmerga commander here says that there are around fifty tanks in that area you might never see vehicles with flags on as well those. armored vehicles again shia militia armored vehicles those vehicles have moved up that road one would think around about one hundred yards in the last few minutes and as i say the peshmerga here are very nervous indeed they're also telling us that the pressure sorry the shia militias have approached from another direction on this position i mean as we've been reporting as the k r g has said around six thousand at least six thousand pressure forces have been deployed to this area and the area south of care cook these guys are basically would not be surprised if there was an attack at any time it's obviously important to again reiterate just how important this area is around kirkuk this area was taken by the peshmerga taking

iraqi forces have claimed control of the whole of province in kurdish peshmerga forces the army says they captured the final town elton capri which is situated near with the help of shia militias the u.s. has called on the iraqi government to calm the situation in the army to limit its movements in disputed areas stephanie decker has more from the battle zone. a new front line opened early friday iraqi forces together would have still shabbier shia militias move towards peshmerga positions now to the kurdish it's around thirty kilometers south of erbil on the road to come. here yes they're attacking it out and play and they're attacking from dbase also and there's nothing we can do about it only i'm urging the coalition forces to come in and help as it hit the peshmerga no doubt we have martyrs there. a steady stream of reinforcements were sent throughout the day blankets and. actress's packed in with the soldiers ready to defend their positions many here feel betrayed by iraqi government leaders in baghdad some fellow kurds and the international community. in reality when we used to

wearing explosive belts by female peshmerga the women and the men checked by the men the men of taking taken away the women to camps but there is a lot of nervousness here about the amount of the people who are still in these areas who may or may not have been sympathizes with. as i say it seems as if this offensive. seems to be drawing to a close and it's because. the last bastion for eisel in. mosul retaken in july. a few weeks later what we see was a place where i still fighters would skate to and it seems they're very much on the run but yes there is expectation here today seeing certainly a lot more i.d.p.'s and these guys very much on guard for any lie still trying to. charles in this area as a contested area tell us more about that the areas around here are in areas which are considered to be disputed. the peshmerga took control of swathes of this area in two thousand and fourteen when basically the iraqi military dumped their weapons and ran away from that are still offensive it's hugely controversial areas such as the city of kirkuk which participated in the recent referendum

the kurdish peshmerga and the iraqi forces you to they fight together in the campaign against islamic state now of course that could unravel seeing what we're seeing tonight to me what implications will this offensive have for the fight against terrorism. absolutely i mean i spoke to a major in the iraqi army terror forces tonight and he was in the u.s. and the at the offices of the central offices in which is unusual i mean these are the sauces that were recently taking in the fight against isis. the peshmerga are part of that as well and this creates a headache for the americans especially because u.s. led coalition that the u.s. is. trying to post i have that so it's going to be in their interest to try and keep the peace that there's also a question about misuse of weapons that have been supplied by the american policy senator john mccain coming on to it i talk. and definitely concerns going forward i don't think it will affect isis in the area but there are issues isis could take advantage of the insecurity that i'm doing that are full this is a group that drives on its purity so

on that was under the control of the peshmerga since two thousand and fourteen when iraqi forces fled that beisel offensive we also understand now that the iraqi military forces have also taken control of the airport the airport quite close to the center of the city we have been speaking to sources in the city they say that iraqi forces are not actually in the center but certainly pressure is mounting and i as these people fleeing testify you know a lot of fear in the city for that involves we've been speaking to sources in the government as well who are telling us that the plan after. that has been secured and as i say we understand that that is now the case there will be a push in advance by iraqi forces towards some of these oil installations and oil fields to try and secure them i mean it's incredible quite. how fast this story is moving and it's safe to say that no one is really expecting this withdrawal of kurdish peshmerga forces to be quite as quick as this i mean we've seen evidence of very angry peshmerga accusing those that have withdrawn as being aligned with factions that

militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting i saw them and they did pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last push mirka we will not leave our position the peshmerga took control of the disputed or rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and i saw offensive shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatened to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position. some of the more than six thousand patients deployed here in the last few days everybody denies he's foresee as it moved into the area to fight the patients but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraq he military operations in the area the kurdish governor of kirkuk says there is only one way to prevent a potential conflict he

militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting i saw them and they did pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last peshmerga we will not leave our position. the peshmerga took control of the disputed or oil rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and i saw a fence of. shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatens to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position some of the more than six thousand patients got deployed here in the last few days l.-a body denies his force he had said moved into the area to fight the peshmerga but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraqi military operations in the area the kurdish governor of kirkuk says there is only one way to prevent a potential c

this incredibly quick withdrawal of peshmerga fighters from these territories as being as a result of what it describes as historical treason by some senior members of the p u k party one former senior aide to the p u k has called for a transitional government and says more constructive channels of dialogue should be set up with baghdad after the iraqi army has taken so much control of territory that the k r g was hopeful would be part of a future independent kurdish state president barzani is facing one of the biggest political crises of his life charles stuff at al-jazeera north of erbil well there have been jubilant scenes on the. streets of iraq where u.s. backed forces drove out of that self declared capital curtis lead syrian democratic forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle from the time on the turkish syrian border has some how about i reports. kurdish fighters triumphantly into iraq they're celebrating the capture of the city which was a main stronghold in syria but taking iraq wasn't easy. the syrian democratic forces a coalition of kurds and

now all of kirkuk is retaken and we are happy some of the peshmerga killed in the sporadic fighting which taken to a morgue in the kurdish region second city so many the regional government hasn't released figures yet on how many peshmerga killed the lead up to and this is to let you know since last night we received twenty five corpses of troops killed in battles of kirk and its suburbs relatives of those killed in battles received twenty one corpses so far the bereaved relatives are gathering at the morgue to receive dead bodies of their sons you know bill many people say they are shocked and feel betrayed accusing the international community of siding with the iraqi government against them. it looks like there was an international betrayal of the kurdish nation and that is due to the fact that we had a plan to move towards independence unfortunately we are facing a situation where we lost everything that we had before all this loss as a result of the fact that the kurdish nation is not united evidence of factionalism and rivalry between kurdish groups and political parties is growing i

peshmerga have been in the forefront of defeating isis, defeating the myth of isis. while the rest of the world was actually praising peshmerga it was once again the iraqi governmen that objected to providing the heavy equipment to the peshmerga to win this war against isis much quicker, and it was at a time where we needed financial support, when we were fighting a common enemy, that the iraqis cut the budget of kurdistan, while we were also hosting 1.8 million idps and refugees from other parts of iraq and in syria, that were in kurdistan. we were hoping the international community and especially iraq would come to our support. now the peshmerga were praised all those times, but now that they are talking about how freely and democratically they want to shape their future relationship with baghdad, we are once again coming under attack, while the international community is very absent and very silent and, in fact, their silence has emboldened both baghdad and encouraged the neighbouring countries to take harsh measures against our people. not entirely silent, are th

defensive position here the peshmerga telling us that the smoke you can see on the horizon here is because shia militia groups in support of the iraqi military are lighting fires in leisel controlled areas trying to flush out the last remnants of the actual fighters from this area since the operation against i still in how we just started on september the twenty first the peshmerga say holding two hundred eisel fighters like these have surrendered here. i shall now only control small areas of iraq near the syrian border government forces in the coalition say they are prepared for what they hope will be their final fight. al jazeera northern iraq two gods have been killed after an attack on a saudi royal palace in jeddah the interior ministry says a saudi man opened fire on security forces got in the palace he was then shot dead early this week saudi police raided hideouts for a group they say is linked to eisele killing two people and arresting five damas government says a gas tanker explosion followed by a second blast has killed a number of people in the capital accra firefighters have n

kurdish peshmerga sending reinforcements to the front lines of battling iraqi forces. the bridge was blown up near the turn of. the size exchanged mortar and rocket fire stephanie decker. kirkuk highway. we have smoke in the distance i'm just looking at the road really tell you a story a man's military reinforcements being sent by the peshmerga counterterrorism forces also a lot of trucks with ammunition checkpoint has been set up further behind us where there wasn't one before further towards a b. also of course they are defending their positions their concern of course is that the iraqi forces will push further up along this road towards the city of. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis he's kicking off a week long overseas trip with visits to saudi arabia and qatar also the british prime minister trees in may has told the leaders in brussels that the u.k. will meet its financial obligations after exiting the union she's been seeking to expand talks to i

positions the peshmerga have controlled kirkuk and surrounding area since two thousand and fourteen after defending it against when the iraqi army fled but kirkuk one of iraq's two main oil producing regions is disputed. the peshmerga say they will not withdraw and will defend the city and its oil at any cost high should do. a large numbers of popular mobilisation forces and other iraqi forces arrived in this area south of cook this is dangerous and threatens war we did not come here to fight the iraqi army but if any forces try to overcome our front lines we will stand up to them as. the iraqi prime minister hydrilla body denies his forces have moved into the area to take control of the oil fields from the peshmerga. forces cannot and will not attack citizens whether. he said it's been more than two weeks since the kurds celebrated the referendum on secession from iraq. since then turkey says it will gradually take control of its land border neighboring iran has made similar threats. the federal government has banned international flights to and from the kurdish region of iraq and

this incredibly quick withdrawal of peshmerga fighters from these territories as being as a result of what it describes as historical treason by some senior members of the p u k party one former senior aide to the p u k has called for a transitional government and says more constructive channels of dialogue should be set up with baghdad after the iraqi army has taken so much control of territory that the k r g was hopeful would be part of a future independent kurdish state president barzani is facing one of the biggest political crises of his life charles stuff at al-jazeera north of erbil while there have been jubilant scenes on street the. where u.s. backed forces drove out of it self declared capital kurdish led syrian democratic forces raised their flag in the city's stadium after a four month battle from her thai that's on the turkish syrian border here's how. kurdish fighters triumphantly into rock they're celebrating the capture of the city which was eisel main stronghold in syria but taking iraq wasn't easy for. the syrian democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backe

we are at the western most peshmerga position from kirkuk and the tension here is frankly palpable ask ali to zoom out behind me there you'll be able to see the smoke on the background those are shia militia tanks kicking up that dust the peshmerga commander here says that there are around fifty tanks in that area you might ever see vehicles with flags on as well those. vehicles again shia militia armored vehicles those vehicles have moved up that road one would think around about one hundred yards in the last few minutes and as i say the peshmerga here are very nervous indeed they're also telling us that the pressure sorry the shia militias have approached from another direction on this position i mean as we've been reporting as the k r g has said around six thousand at least six thousand forces have been deployed to this area and the area south of care cook these guys are basically would not be surprised if there was an attack at any time it's over see important to again reiterate just how important this area is around kirkuk this area was taken by the peshmerga taken control of by t

peshmerga have controlled kirkuk and surrounding area since two thousand and fourteen after defending it against eisele when the iraqi army fled but kirkuk one of iraq's two main oil producing regions is disputed the peshmerga say they will not withdraw and will defend the city and its oil at any cost. large numbers of popular mobilisation forces and other iraqi forces arrived in this area south of cook this is dangerous and threatens war we did not come here to fight the iraqi army but if any forces try to overcome our front lines we will stand up to them and. the iraqi prime minister hydrilla body denies his forces have moved into the area to take control of the oil fields from the peshmerga our armed forces cannot and will not attack our citizens whether arab or kurd he said it's been more than two weeks since the kurds celebrated the referendum on to session from iraq. since then turkey says it will gradually take control of its land border neighboring iran has made similar threats. the federal government has banned international flights to and from the kurdish region of iraq and

peshmerga forces are accusing their fellow fighters of withdrawing too early and it's an indication possibly of the splits already within the peshmerga forces we saw only yesterday after this meeting that was held in silliman a between the various factions kurdish factions and this sort of show of unity it seems as if that unity is beginning to kind of split already so there are some very on the happy peshmerga fighters on the ground there having seen this ground already last week i stand it after k one has taken control of by the iraqi military they then will focus on oil facilities and we understand then possibly even a complete surrounding of kirkuk city itself meanwhile in the city itself civilians apparently obviously. very afraid we've heard that the governor of kirkuk has asked civilians anybody basically with a weapon to take up arms to defend the city but it still remains relatively calm inside the city itself schools as you can imagine have been have now been canceled and we're hearing the beginnings of families trying to leave the city toward silliman near and here in the

forces have moved into the area to take control of the oil fields from the peshmerga. forces cannot and will not attack our citizens whether arab or can he said it's been more than two weeks since the kurds celebrated the referendum on secession from iraq since then turkey says it will gradually take control of its land border neighboring iran has made similar threats. the federal government has banned international flights to and from the kurdish region of iraq and a federal court has issued arrest warrants for members of the kayla g.'s electoral commission and now the k r g says it is under straight from the same forces it worked with to defeat eisel in northern iraq the peshmerga say they have voluntarily withdrawn from an area south of kirkuk in order to ease tension with nearby iraq eat government forces but with sounds of pressure being deployed to kirkuk and neither the k r g all the baghdad government willing to talk face to face unconditionally about the results of the controversial referendum there are mounting phase of a potential new conflict in northern ir

a few kilometers away kurdish peshmerga make sure no eisel fighters escape it was thursday evening when the iraqi prime minister hyderabadi announced that the battle for how we was over now met a kurdish peshmerga defensive position here the peshmerga telling us that the smoke you can see on the horizon here is because shia militia groups in support of the iraqi military are lighting fires in leisel controlled areas trying to flush out the last remnants of the actual fighters from nice area since the operation against eisel and how we just started on september the twenty first the peshmerga say more than two hundred i saw pointers like these have surrendered here i still now only control small areas of iraq near the syrian border government forces in the coalition say they are prepared for what they hope will be their final fight. al jazeera northern iraq two guards have been killed after an attack on a saudi royal palace in the interior ministry says a saudi man opened fire on security forces guarding the palace he was then shot dead early this week saudi police raided a hideouts of a

militia and iraqi army closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting ice on and they didn't pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten and they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last pitch america we will not leave our position. the peshmerga took control of the disputed or oil rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and meisel offensive shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatened to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position some of the more than six thousand patients deployed here in the last few days everybody denies he's foresee and said moved into the area to fight the peshmerga but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraqi military operations in the area the kurdish governor of kirkuk says there is only one way to prevent a potentia

kurdish peshmerga forces have rejected a warning from iraqi forces to withdraw from an area south of the disputed province of kirkuk tension has been on the rise since kurds voted overwhelmingly for succession from iraq last month his chance stratford. two weeks ago these iraqi government forces were fighting eisel in this area now after their victory they are advancing towards kurdish peshmerga positions the vehicles you can see there in the distance shia militia vehicles they have moved closer to that burn to that wall in the last few minutes the dust you can see on the horizon there the peshmerga are telling us are actually tanks they say there are least fifty tanks in that convoy the situation on this defensive position with the peshmerga is increasingly tense it was a similar situation to the southwest of this peshmerga position more shia militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw totally and looking out for the iraqi army were fighting i saw them and they didn't pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten they have moved towards our

peshmerga from the k.t. people in northern iraq the result is as we can see rapid collapse of the peshmerga and the complete rollback of kurdish positions in iraq to preach one hundred fourteen positions and that's a catastrophe of catastrophe for the cuts and it shows that they are incapable of even domestically uniting themselves let alone reaching the all right ali appreciate your perspective on this tell her i've known as uk thanks very much thank you well elsewhere in syria rebel groups have signed a cease fire covering east and boots are on the outskirts of the capital damascus the deal is fragile and the rebels are worried it's being used as an excuse for the government to start a major push to recapture the strategic area. in neighboring turkey explains. these are fighters from failed luck a russian man a syrian rebel group that controls. a neighborhood on the outskirts of damascus the area is a rebel stronghold. they engage almost daily in skirmishes with government forces the army has been trying h

in reality when we used to fight everyone used to play the peshmerga they are brave they are fighting for the world and now they have done this plan they are attacking us as i see right now everyone is turning their backs on us. mortar shells machine guns were fired throughout the day well it's going to everyone here is tense. there's a heavy presence of ambulances here waiting to take any of the injured. back to our . prime minister has ordered iraqi forces not to enter abele and to stick to what he called the two thousand and three lines this is all about disputed territories longstanding on resolved issues between baghdad and are below about what the peshmerga gained more territory since two thousand and fourteen as it pushed out of many areas the iraqi army used to control and last month's referendum on secession seems to been the final straw for the iraqi government to neighboring countries who oppose kurdish independence the irony there were very similar scenes just a year ago as the peshmerga iraqi government forces and shia militias all moved in to ward a common enemy eisel bu