richard? reporter: we are now in the city of kirkuk. this is the oil-rich capital of the north home to about 15% of all of iraq s known oil reserves all of the different factions in this country have long wanted to control kirkuk. until a few days ago there were iraqi troops here but now this city and the oil fields are being controlled by kurdish militias by the kurdish fighters. the dynamics in this country are shifting and changing as isis militants continue to march on baghdad. iraq s second biggest city mosul is now under islamic sharia law. militants from the al qaeda offshoot isis decreed all women must veil. it outlawed freedom of religion and banned other armed groups from entering the city. mosul was one of the first cities occupied by u.s. troops a decade ago. american officials said democracy would then spread from here. not this. and the men the united states trained to fight the isis
from the international community the united nations says the fighting has already displaced five thousand people and left vulnerable civilians trapped chris says it will press on with its operation against the kurdish militias on its border regards them as terrorists. attacked this town has only a few kilometers away from the fighting come back to brock and his friends are discussing takis operational if branch navy they have believes in his wish to make sure. we don t know the area around freeman well so we cannot really say how long it will take but yes it may take a long time. to sink. possibly a month that s what i think but are not a soldier. takis military is continuing its
could raise tensions with the u.s. which backs kurdish militias in the fight against the so-called islamic state. egypt s president says the says he ll run for a second term in office in a march election he s widely expected to win in the first round despite challengers who ve been critical of his repressive rule since ticket power in two thousand and fourteen sisi has led an unprecedented crackdown on political opponents. pope francis has warned the native peoples of the amazon face the greek threat from environmental exploitation could made the comments as he addressed indigenous leaders near the peruvian rainforest he urged governments to recognise their land rights and to clean up rivers contaminated by illegal mining.
militias loyal to the syrian government will soon be entering the northern region of freen to help kurdish militias there repel turkey turkish troops. an entire town in mourning this is become a familiar sight in a free in recent weeks with residents regularly attending mass funerals for kurdish fighters killed in clashes with turkish troops. it s against this backdrop that syrian state t.v. reported on a move to change the dynamic of the fighting the news anchor of this bulletin announcing that militias allied to the syrian government would soon arrive in a free to help kurdish forces push back the turkish offensive. meanwhile in government held aleppo just south of a free syrian kurds have been demonstrating against the turkish offensive and in support of y p g find as many of whom can be seen in the city. and then there
a kurdish enclave in northern syria firing across the border president tayyip erdogan has that the offensive will stamp out what he called nests of terror the intervention could raise tensions with the u.s. which backs kurdish militias in the fight against so-called islamic state. egypt s president says the says he ll run for a second term in office in a march election he s widely expected to win in the first round despite challengers who ve been critical of his repressive rule since taking power in twenty fourteen c.c. has led an unprecedented crackdown on political opponents. pope francis has warned the native peoples of the amazon face the grave threat from environmental exploitation he made the comments as he addressed indigenous leaders near the peruvian rainforest he urged governments to recognise their land rights and to clean up rivers contaminated by illegal mining.