Democratic rights. In the fight against i. S. I. L. The battle for kobane is gaining momentum now that kurdish peshawar forces have arrived. People watched and cheered as war planes flew over kobane, loud booms echoing, black smoke billioing over the area. Al jazeeras jamal reports from the turkish side of the border. We are a few kilometres away from kobane, where the sound of shelling and fighting persisted throughout saturday. Behind me is an interferes, miratelik, where the kurdish peshawar forces crossed over on friday into saturday, bringing reinforcements for the Syrian Kurdish fighters that have been combatting i. S. I. L. The peshawar forces when they entered stationed themselves in the western part of the city. They brought with them the semipickup trucks carrying heavy weaponry like antiaircraft guns and rocket launchers, bazookas, and tonight. These are weaponries that the forces require from the army, and they had been calling for several weeks to say that they needed to s
Joining hundreds of Syrian Kurdish and opposition fight tours take on the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. The peshmerga have been waiting on the border since wednesday. Reconnaissance teams have been sent in over the past few days. Now it seems that theyre ready to begin the fight. Now kobane has gained great significance not just for the Kurdish Forces defending it, but also for turkey. Its leaders have been watching developments there closely. Well have more on that a little later. But first an exclusive report from inside kobane. Reporter we are now standing in the western neighborhoods these neighborhoods represent the springboard where theyre fending off isil attacks. They have a firm grip on alias to the east. To the or the out of kobane, where the high ridges can be seen in the backdrop, on these ridges the turkish army and its forces opposition closely monitoring the fighting taking place inside the city. Now deployed to the front lines fighting isil, waiting for orders f
We begin in burki na faso. The africa union has told leaders to hand back power to the government or face sanctions. Theyve been talking about a transitional government. The army has tightened its grips on friday when its president was forced to resign. Were joined live, has there been any reaction or response even to this African Union ultimatum, haru . There has been nothing official, but he has had a busy day meeting all sorts of people from applications, diplomats, and he has been basically telling them i do not plan to hold on to power. I will hand over power eventually. He did not give a time frame, but he did suggest if he did step down he would like to hand over power to a speaker of parliament as the constitution says. Some people are skeptical. They think hell perhaps to stall to hang on to power as talks form in transitional government. Others say maybe hes right. Maybe hell step down once he feels that someone he can work with will step up in place in parliament. Many are w
Useles useless. With midterm around the corner, the president does his part welcome to Al Jazeera America, live from new york city, im morgan radford. Richard branson is determined to learn from the commercial spacecraft that killed one and injured another. He arrived at the moj on saturday to get a look at the wreckage. We are joined with more. What are the investigators saying . The passage from the wreckage is 5 miles long, kaling that the plane broke up in flight. Investigators combed through the wreckage of spaceshiptwo. The aircraft launched on friday attached to a mothership. It was released at 45,000 feet. After the motor broke party and fell to the ground in pieces. Copilot Michael Alsbury was killed and Peter Siebold ejected to safety. Richard branson arrived at the scene saturday morning and says while he is committed to space tourism, he will not push on blindly. We are determined to honour the bravery of the pilot and the teems by learning from the tragedy. Then can we mov
The west says its illegitimate in yemen 18 soldiers have been killed during overnight fighting between the army and Al Qaedalinked fighters. It happened in the city of alhudiara. It happened as a deal was being produced. Omar al saleh is in the capital. What can you tell us about the fighting between alqaeda and yemen Security Forces in al hudaydah . Yes, well, im having trouble hearing you, but let me start with an update with regards to the death toll. It has changed slightly. We confirm at least 20 yemeni soldiers were killed in the clashes that took place on saturday in the western province, its a mountainous area, and the fighters launched attacks on a number of position, including security and check points. 20 soldiers killed, three kidnapped, and the number of vehicles were set on fire. Also the fighters withdrew to a nearby mountains now, omar, in the meantime, in the capital sanaa a political deal has been made. Are we about to see the houthis withdraw from the capital . Well,