Isil forces in iraq are moving closer to a major government base housing hundreds of u. S. Troops. Fighters attacked the western town the al bagdad and Anbar Province from two collection on his thursday. It has been we sieges by isil for months now the fighting was a few miles way from the base where u. S. Are training iraqis. More of the towns fell under isil control after the Group Advanced quickly under Syrian Border last summer. Imran kahn is in baghdad trying to find out exactly what is happening down there. What do you know . Reporter let me tell what you the official u. S. Reaction is. They say they are aware of the reports of isil taking the town of al baghdady or trying to take the town. They are aware of skirmishes they say, they are on the outskirts of that town. They say the air base itself is safe now. There is about 300 u. S. Soldiers that are training in an advisory capacity training iraqi troops in that area. This is a real worry for the u. S. Their might mere would be one of their base with his their trainers being over run. Isil mount this is tactic time and time again. When they want to take an Iraqi Government base, they take over that and ice it important a launch pad and they have had a lot of success doing this. The difference here is the americans will be able to call in air strikes a lot quicker than the iraqis can and are conte defense they would be able to repel any attack. It is of real concern that they have managed to get so close. Remember Anbar Province, this is a province where a lot of the isil fighters actually come from. They know the territory well. They have some local sympathy there from the antigovernment sunni tribes so they are able to mount these kind of attacks. And as well as having the air support around the base which the americans can call in any time they would like, those who are inside the base, if besieged are allowed under the terms of their presence there to defends themselves yeah . Reporter thats absolutely right. There is a precedent for all of this. A few weeks ago the canadians came under attack in an air base this a similar situation. They were able to shoot back. They were a able to call in that air support. Its not an ideal situation the americans and the Coalition Forces would much rather have the iraqis do the fighting for them. There are iraqi troops within this base important well. They will be clearly in the lead if there is any attack. But, yes, there is a precedent for them to be able to fight back. Well leave it there for now imran kahn in baghdad, thank you. That is the latest on whats going on in Anbar Province, but imran has also been taking a look at battles in northern iraq. The army is fighting isil to regain control of the town of beiji. Near the countrys largest oil refinery. Here sim rans report. Reporter after 103 days under siege by isil, this Iraqi Special forces unit is finally free. In mid november iraqi forces retook the base in beiji. But the forces were stretched and having secured the oil refinery they were unable to hold the center of the town. Isil took advantage. And pin third degree unit down, every day for 103 days they fought but neither side advanced, it was a stalemate. Then just two days ago a breakthrough. Reinforcements from the army were able to cut off an isil supply line, help was finally at land. Translator we have managed to cut the enemys supply line. From the town considered the current Central Point of terrorism. We have advanced further to to the front. Now the corridor is under our control. Our future plans is to retake the towns completely. Reporter both of those towns are important for them to retake the whole of beiji but it wont be easy or happen soon. Translator we have separated the towns the people know how crucial these two locations are. Beiji has been in control entirely since 2006. But now we have made good gains by make that go separation. And we are still pushing through. Reporter these holes in the road are caused by isils improvised explosive device that his have killed many iraqi soldiers. This Construction Equipment that was once used important makeshift roadblocks. On wednesday, president obama said that isil were on the back foot. Now that may be the case in some areas, but in beiji seemingly not. The fact that isil were able to pin down an Iraqi Special forces unit for 103 days, has to be of concern to everyone fighting the group. Imran kahn, al jazerra baghdad. The u. S. Senate has now approved Ashton Carter important the new defense secretary. He will help read the Defense Strategy in fighting isil. Earlier this month he told the senate armed serb sit committee deceiting isil is his top priority. He replaces chuck hagel who resigned in november. The u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon has called for urgent action to stop yemen from descending s in to an, arc anarchy. A coup by shia hugal rebels last week has led to further instability. Yemen is collapsing before our eyes. We cannot stands by and watch. The country is facing multiple challenges. A dangerous political crisis continues in san yeah, president hadi, and the Prime Minister and government ministers and other state officials must be granted freedom of movement. I am concerned by reports of excessive use of force to disperse a peaceful demonstrators and the use of arbitrary arrest and detention of Civil Society activities and journalists. I call for the protection of human rights especially the rights of Peaceful Assembly and to freedom of expression. Mohamed fahmy and bar there are mohamed are now at home with their families after spending 412 days in detention. An Egyptian Court gave them bail on thursday. Theytheir retrial on charges of colluding with the banned Muslim Brotherhood will resume on the 23rd of february. Neave barker reports. Reporter this could be the beginning of the end of an ordeal that lasted more than 400 days. Al jazerra producer Mohamed Fahmy and Bahar Mohamed have been granted bail at the start of their retrial. Its come as a huge relief for their families. Translator i am going immediately to tell the kids that their father is coming home today. And that life will be beautiful. Ill wait to welcome him back. Life has changed today. Reporter he was asked by the judge to pay a security bonds of around 33,000. We will follow the law. Abide by egyptian law and i am sure he will be vicinity indicated by this and completely vindicated later on in this case all falls apart completely. Reporter but the judicial fight for Bahar Mohammed and Mohamed Fahmy will continue until the charges are dropped. Bahar was initially sentenced to 10 years and fahmy seven years in prison. That decision was recently overturned. Egypt important highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution, saying the proceedings were flawed. And ordered a retrial. [cheering and applause] reporter earlier this month another al jazerra journalist peter greste was deport today australia, after 400 days in detention. Fahmy, who is an egyptian canadian was told by the authority that his his only way to freedom is to renounce his egyptian citizenship which he has done. The three al jazerra journalists bahar, fahmy and greste were arrested in december 2013, they were falsely accused of promoting the banned Muslim Brotherhood. The bail release is a small step in the right direction. But its a step that should have been taken 411 days ago. There is no evidence that they have been complicit with the Muslim Brotherhood. No evidence that they have been involved in terrorism. Journalists are frightened. They have been made frightened and their organizations have been frightened by the fact that these journalists are in jail. Reporter their trial has been widely condemned by the International Community and human rights organizations. Protesters from around the world demonstrated in solidarity with the detained al jazerra journalists. Six other colleagues from al jazerra were sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison. Al jazerra continues to call on egypt to have all of its journal iiijournalists exonerated. Neave barker, al jazerra. Myanmar state journalist say 47 soldiers have been killed fighting with Ethnic Chinese rebels. The fight back on the border with china. Myanmars government says the troops died trying to stop the rebels from taking over the capital of the region. Chinas minister has called for calm and says refugees from myanmar are escaping the fighting. The new Prime Minister of greece says ideal on renegotiating a billion dollars bail out can be reached before his government runs out of money. Speaking in brussels ahead of a key meeting of euro zone finance ministers, he said hes hopeful that a compromise on debt can still be reached. Translator this bridge agreement will lead us to a new shall i say social contract with our European Partners within six months. A contract for growth, social cohesion and getting greece out of a crisis. The Peace Agreement on ukraine has been signed, but fighting between Government Forces and prorussian rebels continues. Both the even u. And the u. S. Could impose more shankses if the deal which is due to come in to effect at midnight on saturday sunday is broken. Lead presser russia, ukraine france and germany agreed on the plan in the belorussian capital minsk. Lets move on. Charles stratford has this report from ukraine. Reporter we drove across the fields to the frontline only hours ago the Ukrainian Military fired rockets at this road. The separatists fighter with us said we should switch off our mobile phones and drive fast. There are a few fighters here at this former Ukrainian Military base. They say that their primarily role here is to try to monitor Ukrainian Army movements. We are at a separatist defensive position south of donetsk the fighters tell us that the Ukrainian Forces are about a kilometer in that direction. They tell us that we cant go in front of this building because there is a danger of snipers. The fighters here are unsure what the minsk agreement will mean for them. Translator we will stay here unless we get honored from our commanders to retreat or advance. We are holding this defensive position to help protect the town. Reporter the separatist leaders said the agreement could have farreaching implications. Translator we cant deny ukraine this chance because the whole country will change important a result. The attitude and the people will change. In fact, the people of ukraine we are still with them. We totally consider them our people. This chance is given to ukraine to change its constitutionality which is specifically mentioned in these agreement documents. To change its attitude. Reporter the minsk agreement fails to define the status of the peoples republics. Some of the people in donetsk are in favor of independence. Translator donetsk should be independent. Unity wont work. To return to ukraine means to be governed by an inadequate government. Translator how can we return to ukraine after everything they have done to us . Reporter thousands of people have been killed in indiscriminate shelling on both sides of this conflict. Three shells his this hospital in acceptcontrolled donetsk on wednesday night. At least one person was killed. Translator we hid where we could. The patience were under the dust. One bed was destroyed by shrapnel. It have terrifying. Reporter so many people have died since the last ceasefire collapsed in september. And there is great uncertainty amongst the people here important to whether this latest truce will be immaterial implemented and followed. Charles stratford. Eastern ukraine. Stay with us, we are off to the u. S. Pretty soon. Still to come on you researchers are trying to stop hospital equipment being hacked. We also have. Reporter i am fez jamil in kashmir. Well speak to a family of a young man who was killed during protests here this week. Start with one issue. Add guests from all sides of the debate and a host willing to ask the tough questions and youll get the inside story. Ray suarez hosts inside story. Weeknights at 11 30 eastern. Only on al jazeera america. These are the headlines. Iceisil forces in iraq are moving closer to a base housing hundreds of u. S. Trips of fighters are taking control of the town of al baghdadi in Anbar Province after attacking from two positions. 47 soldiers have been killed in me an myanmar in four days of fighting with Ethnic Chinese rebels. They are accused of trying to take over a capital in myanmar. The al jazerra journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Bahar Mohamed are now home with their families. The men spent 412 days behind bars in egypt. Their retrial on charges of colluding with the banned Muslim Brotherhood is due to resume 10 days are now. Thousands of mourners have been to the Funeral Service for three Muslim Students killed in the u. S. State of North Carolina carolina. The police have charged a suspect with murder allegedly after an argument over parking. But the families of the victims say they were killed because of their faith. Andy gallagher reports. Reporter this was always going to be a somber service full of raw emotion. But the local community was determined that the victims families wouldnt be a lope. Thousands came from across the region. So many that the Prayer Services had to be held in a sports field instead of the local mosque. The loss of the three has shocked this tight knit University Town and there is anger amongst many. We are concerned that the rising antimuslim rhetoric in our society maven couraged some to commit violence against american muslims. So we urge the Law Enforcement to investigate this case important a possible hate crime. Reporter Craig Steven Hicks has already been charged with first degree murder. But its the early findings of investigators that has upset muslim americans. Police here believe that hicks shot the three students in an argument over parking. But their families say it was a hate crime. I do want to take this opportunity and i wont spoke much about the investigation today at all. Because this is a time to be together. I will just recommit that we are examining every possible investigative angle to include the potential if a hate crime. Reporter in a smaller more private ceremony, those who knew and loved them. Said their final good byes, but their families and the local community their loss will be deeply felt for years to come. The last few days here have been filled with sadness and displays of solitaire at this. But this community will not be catching the ensuing investigation closely many here remain convinced this was a crime motivated by religious hatred and nothing more. The fbi has now launched their own investigation, but many here are upset that the deaths of the three students werent treated important a hate crime from the beginning. The fact we have to think is this a hate crime . Shows where we stand important americans. Important a nation, thats sad why is that the case 1234678 the exact reason why three young lives were take then such a senseless way may never be known. But its not going to stop those left behind seeking answers to difficult questions. Andy gallagher, al jazerra wendell, North Carolina. A u. S. Police charge has been charged with assailing an indian physician. He was tackled to the ground in bam where he was caring for his grandson. Police were called after a phone call reporting a suspicious man walking in the neighborhood. The u. S. State Department Says the incident is regrettable. His lawyer says hes been left partially paralyzed. The secretary and the state department certainly express our strong condolences to the family for everything that he has been through. This is being handled by lost authorities and certainly we would address any concerns through private diplomatic channels. Now, this is his lawyer, hank her regard. Hes making a little bit of progress every day. He has very little function right now in his left leg. Hes regained movement of his arms but has little grip strength but hes making a little bit of progress. The family hopes and prays that he will make a full recovery. Barack obama is heading to california for a summit on cyber security. And there he will meet industries experts about combating the number of threats that there are taking on the hackers is a complicated business. Important we report now from baltimore. The people trying to catch the hackers may well be prosecuted themselves. Reporter at the johns cop tins Computer Science department. Paul martin is showing his professor the progress hes made in his research project. Hes been hacking in to devices used in hospitals around the world but then making them safe from other hackers. These medical devices are everywhere. And they are connected to networks right now and to patience right now. And nobody has really done that much work on looking at the security of these device asks trying to prevent especially the legacy devices from being attacked. Reporter its no