Forces tensions have been mounting evidence the kurds held a referendum on secession last month all struck that has more from. The kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk the city now officially back in the hands of the Iraqi Government which foresees but made a rapid advance in the middle of the night fifteen hours later the Industrial Area airports military base and critical oil fields were under the control of iraqi forces. Soon after they marched into the center of the city. Iraqi officials were quick to declare victory. The joint military operation was launched at dawn and progress significantly as the troops approached the area to crete and the north oil company were confronted by some rebels who tried to hinder the progress of the advancing units turned five and silenced. Thank god today we have achieved all our goals according to our plan. The u. S. Military which a trained both sides in this dispute trying to downplay the escalation in a statement blaming the fire
A kurdish y p g flag has been raised inside rocker stadium but after the last debate the eisel fighters were forced out rocker was one of the last holdouts for i saw its full back up little shell has a ball for beirut. The capture of rockabye i saw in two thousand and fourteen was held by the arm as a major achievement back then i said it demonstrated its strength as it continues to expand across syria and iraq. It declared its capital in syria setting up courts prisons and other institutions but all of this was against the will of the people. I saw emergence in the cartels a huge blow to the Syrian Opposition and the Free Syrian Army who had previously controlled the area their fighters were forced to retreat and president bashar assad was able to validate his claim that his troops were fighting what he called terrorists and not legitimate opposition in turn an International Coalition was formed to fight the group led by the United States and in coordination with russia whose forces h
Fighters triumphantly into iraq there celebrating the capture of the city which was a main stronghold in syria but taking iraq wasnt easy. The Syrian Democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backed by the u. S. Began the offensive in june i said fighters held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and shelling but. We control rocket but as you know there are mines that we need to clear and we have to make sure there are north fighters hiding in tunnels we are now clearing all the areas we captured civilians continue to flee to safe areas this is a family that has just a refugee camp controlled by the. Tens of thousands of people have been affected by the fighting they mostly live in poorly equipped camps north of the city. I heard the news of a ceasefire and took my family but then we came under fire the journey was tough because we had to walk through entire areas reduced to rubble now that iraq is under
I am is a product and the headlines on aljazeera from human Rights Groups to the you went to washington d. C. There is growing pressure on myanmar to stop the violence against. Across party group of u. S. Politicians has written to the secretary of state is calling for meaningful steps to be taken against myanmar and the tree meanwhile the u. N. Should invite surface threatening to seek the Security Councils intervention if the perpetrators are punished say that. Aljazeera is mike hanna on wednesday. The attacks by the American Salvation Army was met by a very methodical and well planned well organized response that did not seem to us to be anything remotely like counterinsurgency but a wholesale displacement of people from Northern Iraq to cox bazaar and bangladesh and so it had all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing now what monitors had made clear as well is that its not just the enforced removal of people its also the destruction of their homes to prevent them from brittany i mean t
Philadelphia wentzsylvania. He tweeted this earlier today one year ago i got that call, crazy how fast, best of luck to those boys waiting to hear their names this weekend. Fly eagles fly. Heres carson with the whole experience. I just remember being tired all the time. It was an exhaust continuing time. You are flying around every where. Working out all the time. Just being tired but also mentally because you have no idea what will happen. It is a big question mark. Then finally ill never forget the draft, that night hearing my name called knowing i was an eagle and getting to celebrate with my friend and family. It still gives me chills talking about it realizing how much my life changed that night and how fortunate i amie cant even imagine. Amazing, that was a year ago. I know. Eagles traded up twice in the first round to take carson wentz and it has turnout well for them so far. It is turning out well for us as well. We are here on the red carpet, prospects of rolling by and we can