Are betting on a great year. First the Iraqi Government and a powerful shia militia declare victory over isil. The fight has been led by the badr core. The group held a victory rally and is now saying its ready to move north into isil strongholds. We have this report from baghdad. Jane. The celebration illustrate the growing power of sheena groups here, including the badr corps. They are in control of their own operations. Theyre working with the iraqi good afternoon and with those forces have now taken over according to the militia members, militia leaders and Iraqi Government officials pretty much all of the province, a major stronghold of isil. It hasnt been without a cost, as they drove us through part of the territory, you could see abandoned villages, houses destroyed, even mosques destroyed in some areas, we were told. What we saw really indicated a region the formerly rich region that had been abandoned to the fighting. They are also investigating an alleged massacre in an area
Are stepping up offenses against boko haram. The child refugee who has become a music prodigy in the u. S. Hello, Iraqi Government and powerful shia malitia declaring victory over isil in the province, the fight has been led by the group held a victory rally on monday and now says it is ready to move north into isil strongholds. And we were at the rally and joins me now from baghdad to tell us more and jane it appears this was not the Iraqi Government celebrating, what was the significance of this celebration . Reporter well that is part of the interesting thing. This obviously is supposed to be iraqi show and had to rely on unexpected partners. This one, a key one is one of the man shia malitia and like to be called part of the mobilezation forces and a quarter of iraqis who answered a call by a leading religious figure and this one in particular the batter core is headed by hadi a former transport minister and now basically almost a shadow interior minister. He holds considerable pow
The story of the syrian child refugee who has become a musical prodigy in the united states. Now, the u. N. International court of justice is right now ruling on genocide charges that were brought by both serbia and croatia, charges against each other and relate to the conflict that began after croatia broke away from yugoslavia in the 90s and this is the International Criminal court and so far said serb forces committed widespread crimes in croatia but they did not amount to genocide and that is when croatia liberated to controlled parts of the east and lets talk to jeffrey, the chief prosecutor in the serbia president and is live now from london and thank you for talking to us. So they have both been cleared of charges of genocide but that doesnt mean that atrocities were not committed. No not at all. Genocide is a very particular crime which requires a very particular intent the intent to destroy a part of another group simply because of the nature of that group or because of the et
The story of the syrian child refugee has become a musical prodigy in the u. S. The iraqcy government declaring rickety over isil. The fight has been led by the group that held a victory rally monday. They now are ready to move north into isil strongholds. Lets go live to jane, our correspondent in baghdad. Jane, you were actually at that rally, werent you . So they are riding high. Absolutely. Theyre declaring victory for basically lib rating the entire province and that was a stronghold of isil. Theyve done it obviously with Iraqi Government forces, as well but those Government Forces have been overshadowed by the shia militias, in particular this core. This was ironically what used to be the main base for an Iranian Opposition group m. E. K. , work to go topple the iranian government. Now its a major base for the brigade. We spoke with the leader of the before he guide former transport minister and he is still a very powerful figure in government and military operation. He said that
Hello Houthi Rebels are inching closer to the city of aden request gunfire on the outskirts of the city. A spokesman for has told al jazeera that they would intervene. And saudi arabia has started to amass troops on the border. It shocked many people that houthies have advanced this far shout, ties yemens Third Largest city, especially the locals. Every day this week they chant for the rebels to leave. We swear that well drive out all houthies ateach them a lesson theyll never forget. Houthi fighters reply with gunfire and tear gas. Several people were killed. Many more injured. Paramedics say some of the shoot shooters wore police uniforms, other reports say that those who are meant to be keeping the peace joined the houthies. These forces are said to be loyal to yemens longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh who was hosted during the up rising and now backs the houthies. People here are no longer sure who they can trust. The houthies started as a small unit fighting for autonomy into a lar