Controversial address which angered the white house. Outgoing president is awarded the abraham prize for excellence in African Leadership. Iraqs hard my launched mayor offensive to push i. S. I. S. Out of dick rit but its not just the army but Popular Mobilization forces involved in the effort as well as sunni tribal fighters and 2000 sunnis are involved and includes fighting jets and helicopters backing up Ground Forces and fighting to push i. S. I. L. Out and secured several neighborhoods in the northeast of the city and lets bring in jane live for us in baghdad and seem to be some successes as far as Iraqi Military is concerned. Talk us through them. Well jane its a huge number of troops and talking 20,000 and includes the shia malitias who are better equipped and trained than iraqi units and includes u. S. Air support and significantly the sunni fighters you mentioned. This is a predominately sunni city in the heart of saladeen and an i. S. I. L. Stronghold and its a fight the mili
We start in syria where an explosion in the province has killed a Senior Commander of the al quaida commander. There are conflicting reports about who was behind the attack. Tell us what the latest information on this death is . Well, like uh youngs misdemeanor a lot of conflicting reports but what we understand is that al quaidas syria branch, they are saying that he was killed in the explosion of the northwestern province. According to sources he was killed in a drop strike and kills on the 27th of february now it is very hard for us to independently confirm this, is what we suns that the ecoalition is denying that they carried out or conducted any air strike in the last 24 hours. Way checked the press releases that were sent out on the 27th of february, there was no mention of a strike. A lot of conflicting reports. If in fact the coalition wasnt responsible this wouldnt have been the first time they targeted them. Now there is a global fight against the levant, but the u. S. Has ca
Historic center. With start in yemen where houthi forces have seized control room of the airport of the Third Largest city, taiz. The shia group is in charge of a large swath. Taiz is a key targwhere president hadi has taken refuge. At his request, the u. N. Security councile sub sill is due too meet in an hour. He says his decision is appealed at alqaeda in the us lammic state of iraq in the levant who say they bombed two mosques on friday and a sign of how much the security situation has deteriorated, the United States has withdrawn all of its remaining personnel including special forces from the country. Natasha gname reports tore gas, gunshots and anger on the streets of taiz. Protesters are angry about prohouthi forces arriving in their city we refused, reject and denounce these malitias. Will surround the Police Barracks with our bodies until they leave. First the houthis overtook the camtal of sanaa, forcing the president to flee to addeng. Now they have moving toward the presid
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This is the latest offensive by countries inside nigeria. On friday a Regional Force, 8,000 troops, was approved. We have our correspondent in the nigeria capital abuja. The fight against boko haram has taken a few urgency. The objective is to push the fighters into a corner ahead of the onslaught. So far many towns have been freed from boko haram. For chad, niger and cameroon defeat from boko haram is crucial. 5 years of violence, and it is the biggest economy. If group, if unchecked, will expand their area of control and become a bigger area. If nigeria troops won, they would crush the area in five years. We are adequately equipped. We have taken delivery of the game changes, and a promise and letter by the president himself, we have taken delivery of new equipment, which is what you are seeing behind me there, and we can use them against boko haram. Before the weapons, it was a defensive operation. Now we are on the offensive. The military asked for six weeks to pave way for the ele