An effort to bolster the economy. Iraqi forces have launched counterattacks to halt the advance of islamist militants. The militants have swept through northern iraq, and are vowing to march on to baghdad. Iraqi commanders are determined to stop them. Nhk world reports. Reporter the militants have captured iraqs second largest city of mosul and other cities. More than half a Million People have fled their homes. Tents have been set up as more and more residents try to escape the violence. Translator i was at home when i heard an explosion. I thought id have a heart attack. Translator these two children have no place to go now that theyve lost their father. Reporter the militants reached mosul earlier this week. They pushed south to bajii and samarra. Theyre now about 100 kilometers from the capital baghdad. Government commanders are getting ready to take back the cities the militants have seized. They ordered helicopter crews to attack and they dispatched special units to fight on the
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In history. The leaders held discussions on the issue for more than two hours on thursday. Nato military alliance stressed that it stands with ukraine in the face of russias destabilizing influence. The leaders called on russia to step back from confrontation and take a path to peace. Natos secretarygeneral rasmussen and poroshenko held a press conference side by side. While talking about peace, russia has not made one single step to make peace possible. Instead of deescalating the crisis, russia has only deepened it. Every single head of state and head of the government stressed the importance of unity and solidarity in ukraine. With ukraine. Nato should demonstrate today. Earlier, poroshenko sat down with u. S. President obama, uk Prime Minister David Cameron and three other european leaders. A white house official said the leaders condemned russia for its continued violation of ukraines sovereignty. They agreed on the need for russia to face increased cost for its actions. Nato lead