Of a new citizenship law. And hit by Corruption Cases and to repeat election failures israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. And im were harding with sports it was a basketball battle in l. A. With le brons lakers falling short against the clippers we have that and more christmas in the action coming up this hour. Itll be with us here on the news hour we begin with breaking news in turkeys president recipe the one says that he will be sending troops to libya after a request from the internationally recognized government turkey says it wants to support the tripoli based administration which has been under a months long defensive by forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar president and also says that hell present a bill on the deployment to parliament when it reconvenes in january. From the beginning we have objected to the coup perpetrated by the retired general against the lawful government we provided and are still providing assistance to libyas legitimate government against the coup plotter who is receiving support from certain european states libya is a neighboring country as we share maritime border lines in the Mediterranean Sea once the Parliament Comes into session we will present the proposal for dispatching turkish troops to libya based on the Security Cooperation agreement once indorsed by the parliament we will be able to effectively back the legitimate government some states who support the coup general with their jet fighters tanks and militia object to this move and criticize turkey because of it. The mood of the wire this standing by for us in the libyan capital tripoli but 1st lets speak to mohamed atta in an taqiyya in turkey what president wants president who are normally gets but he does need to go through the procedure and he needs his decision ratified by Parliament Just talk us through the process before those troops can be sent. He seems to have set his mind on deploying troops to levy and is already made some progress in that sense getting approval last week in parliament for the military Cooperation Agreement between libya and turkey and now it has to go back to parliament of course this will happen only when they get a formal request from the government in tripoli for the deployment of troops and then parliament will have to take a vote and not just take a bold but also mop out the monday of the troops exactly what they would be doing in libya and what the. Parameters for russian would be so. Its said to be more or less a formal military its going to be presented in parliament and its expected to sail through so it looks as if turkey will after all of that out to vote deploy troops to libya and that is and getting a lot of countries particularly it is specially at a time of rising tensions over energy deposits in the its the Mediterranean Sea and it will of course follow events from an attack in of course the capital ankara as were metadata lets cross over the mediterranean to Mahmoud Abbas what he did actually in tripoli and of course this news will be encouraging for Prime Minister. Mahmud he obviously is finding it difficult to hold on to territory but how will sort of turkish troops help when they do come because obviously as i made it out said the parameters around their operation and their deployment will be very important. Well definitely its very important because it will mossop probably make a change on the ground in terms of defending the capital tripoli against the military offensive by a half to us forces remember so hey in that we spoke to many military commanders with the g. N. A. T. The government of National Accord they say that have to his forces have been recently advancing on the ground taken control of a strategic locations in southern tripoli including the military camps and yesterday they took control of the there the Police Academy in southern tripoli and they have have received towards that gratian authority compound and thats near some one had a neighborhood which is very strategic because of the take control of somebody neighborhood then they can very easily proceed to address the Capital City Center there there are concerns with the military commanders on the ground are very much concerned about their russian assistance to have their force as you know that Russian Missile arrays belonging to the vagal company have been leading there have to as forces battles to take control of these strategic locations in southern tripoli but as you know that. Turkey wants an official request from the government of national called which is the legitimate body in libya as you know that the military and Security Cooperation agreement or the memorandum of understanding that was signed between turkey and libya at the last month does not entail sending troops that is why president is asking for an official request from the d. N. A. The government of National Court before he can proceed and set this on top of. Parliament to be. Endorsed by the parliament in turkey but in all cases we know that. They have been told to advanced weapons on the front lines here n n n libya by virtue of that military agreement that was signed the last month but concerning sending troops. An official request from the government of National Guard is a must and. Turkish troops on the ground in libya can definitely make a change on the ground so it will indeed which will continue to monitor events both in tripoli and from ankara for the moment to move thank you lets stay on the african continent because people in bikini fastow are mourning after 2 attacks in just 48 hours at least 12 soldiers were killed when they were ambushed on wednesday night in in some province near the border its the same region where an army base and a nearby town were taught dont choose day 35 civilians and 80 gunman or killed 2 days of National Mourning have been declared and we do warn you that some viewers may find the images and if this is report disturbing officials in brooklyn a fossil say these are the bodies of some of the men who were tracked positions and civilians in the north the military says it killed at least 80 of the attackers. Its one of the worst attacks by armed groups since 2014 this attack on a restaurant and were going to go in 2017 killed dozens of people. The government of booking a fossil has declared 2 days of National Mourning for victims of tuesdays attack well certainly. We have to think about solidarity and National Cohesion people women for the most part were getting water and got murdered in cold blood by the terrorists while they were retreating we must show compassion with the populations that is why all flags will fly at half mast for 2 days and all christmas celebrations are cancelled. All of that out thousands of International Forces in west africa sail region the violence has increased in the past form and there are fears of more attacks in november the Army Launched a new offensive against local groups operating in the country. Many believe the recent attack in more than brigitte uprising was a response to this new offensive brooke you know fossil has seen many attacks in the past 5 years theyve killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 frost from their homes the crisis in northern mali has. Security problems with fighters kenya did with al qaida and i still regularly cross the border to launch attacks. Brooke you know fossil is due to hold it to president ial elections in 2020 and president marco bori ones to restore peace before the vote but its not clear if his army is up to the task how to grease aljazeera a project. This is only the latest in a series of recent attacks on military personnel in the region mali and bore the brunt of those attacks earlier this month 71 soldiers were killed on a military base in the jazz west its the deadliest attack in several years over in mali at least 53. 00 soldiers were killed on a military post in november and it happened just weeks after 2 other raids on military bases which left dozens of soldiers dead also that month at least 37. 00 people were killed in bikini when gunmen ambushed a military convoy transporting minors to work well joining me now is michael and hes the senior fellow at the for as gigi center in africa for africa at the London School of economics joins me now via skype from kent in the u. K. Good to have you with us on the program mr a several stakeholders whether we call the militant groups or terror groups who do you think might be responsible in this particular case. Well plans to have i mean this particular case none of them have actually claimed responsibility so we its quite difficult to say who exactly they are of though this recent attack is actually looks like a stage chile of the previous one or follow up on the previous one taken advantage of to Christmas Day last of course so one wonders whether the president and his military officials have been very careful to choose their words well apportioning blame because as you say they havent singled anyone or to any particular group but more often than not the assumption is that it sort of i saw related because al qaeda also operates in the area yes both isis an arcade that operate in the area but we also have. Known jihadists messner easts are operating in the area and unless one claims once ability is really difficult to pinpoint who exactly that is our let them each actually identify us who stand by we know that there are a lot of them im sorry. Dear i am g. S. I am and all of that isis or correction in the area i mean the whole region heard seen this upsurge in violence since 2012 across the areas of chad because if not so by retaining a mali and french and u. N. Forces have been there 700 dead since what 2050 over half a 1000000 displaced i mean whats going role why havent the military forces in those respective countries along with the un and the french not been able to control the area. There are a number of factors i mean the end the security vacuum in libya since the overthrow of khadafi is not just a matter of whether conflict in from the down south of the sahara but also on that and out of the mess that reese who is going to operate in syria and iraq are migrating by unison heavy on the 2nd some region and theyre passing through a nigger as well and as a result of that its quite difficult to be able to control your movements. And of course there are also existence netware acts which are supporting some of the saints say in a sense really there has to be some really very tight crew ordination of all of the military forces in the area to be able to actually. Pin down whatever is happening so what is the people watching this program watching our interview in our conversation here who will be wondering what the fight is over is it over religion is over territory is over Mineral Resources is it trying to get rid of a democratically elected government because when its so cross border sometimes that the lines get blurred as to what people are fighting for. Yeah its actually about territory i mean these these jihadist forces and not have this mess in the reese have found a safe haven within that particular Southern Region decide any end to the west african sound region and is a matter of finding that territory that the kind of protein are set up a caliphate and then exist and do whatever they want to do so say to say show me a factory treat bass along religious lines in the course of that. Where there are media also like gold in northern blocking off or so or perhaps in mali look at advantage of fact but its essentially about the fight for potentially you know that she actually meant a religious jihadist i didnt ask well for your insight michael thanks so much for joining us from kent really appreciate your time thank you thank you. Well here on the aljazeera news hour including christian leaders in iraq. In solidarity with the victims of the protests. And the hectic holiday kicks off in the English Premier League as one manager calls the fixture list. Story later. Over to south asia now where police in india are being accused of using authorized Excessive Force against protesters and new delhi is jummy a university her own 2 weeks ago an independent investigations the office is indiscriminately demonstrators destroying public property and arrested people unlawfully also being accused of intimidation and firing on protesters in pradesh where 18 people were killed the demonstrations are against a new citizenship law thats been labelled as anti muslim lets cross over to elizabeth purana whos joins us now from the indian capital with the very latest on that investigation elizabeth. Hi soledad we are here. To me a university which was which has been the center of protests for the last 2 weeks and its actually protests that took place or rather the Police Response to the protests which took place just 13000 december 15th soon on the citizenship norm but that led to protests at universities around the country not just against them but the Police Response to the protests and were joined now by capetown she was part of the team the Fact Finding Team that looked into the Police Response at universities i never got thank you very much for being with us and tell us i know your investigation says that the. Your report found a picture of what you call police tara at john mia who did you speak to and what did you find we spoke to several students on campus who i witnesses to various accounts that had started happening from the quote in the december on what we wrote visited hospitals we spoke to stop at hospitals injured students and their families that and we also spoke to several local residents in the area and when it comes to off findings i think 3 or 4 things to emphasize possible the on off days and she offered these and the campus didnt just happen on sunday the 15th but in fact also on the put the end of december because on the 13th of december the police had again disallowed the students to come conducting a protest much again use indiscriminate not teach us to go gosh i think all the way about the campus and even on friday had entered campus without permission boss di mr lots of vehicles docked inside that are completely unrelated to the protests and law teach out students that when it comes to the events of saturday it says the Police Budget is that they needed to use a certain amount of violence to quell the violence more however when you look at the nature of injuries that would inflicted on the students we found with suffered believe injuries to their head im looking at the names that are going to be it will be even that the violence used by the police was not simply buy ins that can be justified when it comes to and i enjoyed the show 2nd when it comes to the entry of police on to campus when we visited the following day we found blood on the steps of the mosque we found built in locks and then shes got rid of that have been broken up pounds that the police was trying to create an atmosphere out of get out and ban it on the capitol im sorry we found that this atmosphere if at all catty don even off the compost when it came to hospitals and jails because students would be damned i denied medical help i was i know that youre calling for the police to investigate for a commission of inquiry but how likely. Do you think that is given the sorts of things were hearing from the government which is completely defending Police Actions the high court and the Supreme Court both had the chance to intervene and could have taken up these actions for more power as well given the news media reports that came out unfortunately neither lot has done so. That for happening is anyones guess but its a demand that a commission of inquiry has to be set up and i filed against the police but its actually as well as the police force in the station need to be sensitive. While the violence that happened to students on campus amidst a bunch of communal abuses and its also located in a long history of Police Action in this area and these believe all this all need to face this will be shifted how do these states. Need to be sensitized to make sure this doesnt happen again and again thank you very much so that was a. Part of the Fact Finding Team and weve also had these teams investigate not what happened not just what happened at universities but as you mentioned so violence in the state of the for the fortune so again the police are very much on the government under pressure now over whats been happening in these protests and it will continue to follow events as you through the day i was proud of our reporting. So its the middle east Syrian Government troops have captured dozens of villages in the last rebel held problems of eclipse the territorial gains over several days following weeks of all to repub strikes supported by russia 130000 civilians have been falls from the homes already this month with the temperatures full to the freezing the World Health Organization is warning that around 12000000 syrians medical assistance. How can they do this to us even israel wouldnt do this this is so wrong 20 houses. Locked into the ground all at once how can this be possible there are no frontlines here just civilians i ask god to punish all of them all of these Muslim States even turkey turkey is supposed to be the guarantor to stop this madness but the key protecting russia iran and eve