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Thousands of citizens fleeing the city. diplomatic editor nic robertson joins us with more on the sudden resurgence of the taliban. >> the taliban have cut the road to the south which is where the government would like to bring army reenforcements if from. the taliban say they have the government forces surrounded at the airport. the u.n. says more than 100 civilians have been injured or killed. there are summary executions going on. medical staff are being summarily killed t. roads leading to a...

Providing them with training and assistance. the contras became known for brutal tactics including summary executions of soldiers. congress took issue with reagan backing the contras and passed a series of amendments to stop the reagan administration from funding them. got them? reagan could not fund the contras anymore. it was illegal to fund them. meanwhile in iran the country had been taken over by religious hardliners was being led by ayatollah komeni. iran became a staunch enemy of the u.s....

You can actually, there is legal framework when it comes to aiding and abetting terrorism and revoking passports not letting them return. there are simple things we can do. every nation has to consider this when it comes to individual lone wolf. leland: alan, 30 seconds. >> torture we found in the report it was key found didnt work. furthermore we have constitution that rules against cruel and unusual punishment. were signatories to the geneva convention and convention against torture. we have f...

Business iraqs government that the militants are slowing and that the military will hold baghdad these insurgent fighters from isis appear to be on the move, not stopping anywhere. already, the islamic fighters control the towns of mosul and sflug gentlem fallujah and tikrit. and they seem to be consolidating their game before moving on to the capital. the goal is a unified sunni islamic state in syria. they will stop at nothing to achieve it. picks posted by the militants today show mass fighte...

Drastically increase the peacekeeping force there. >> all peacekeepers are under the instruction to use force when civilians are under imminent threat, within their capables. >> reporter: the conflict is both political and ethnic, pitting the president, head of the largest tribe, again the rebel forces of his former vice president, whos from the second largest transcribed, the nuwer. there are reports of summary executions, and reports of mass graves. the u.s. is urging both sides to come to the...

Fields and the oil fields are the main source of revenue for that country. whats happening is that these clashes are getting more intense and theyre also getting more and more ethnic. its the two main tribes pitted against each other. one led by the countrys president, the other led by the countrys former vice president who was sacked earlier this year. the u.s. is trying to step in sending high level diplomats over there and telling these two sides you have to sort out your differences before t...

Fighting in another part of syria, thats in the northwestern corner of that country. that is heartland of bashar al assad, the syrian president. there too was a fight between rebels and syrian government forces, and in this case, it is al qaeda-linked fighters of the al nusrah fight that have been doing the fighting and those group groups have been known for their brutal tactics, summary executions far in the back of this fight as in the fight many places in syria, the free syrian army. thats th...

Fighting in another part of syria, thats in the northwestern corner of that country. that is heartland of bashar al assad, the syrian president. there too was a fight between rebels and syrian government forces, and in this case, it is al qaeda-linked fighters of the al nusrah fight that have been doing the fighting and those group groups have been known for their brutal tactics, summary executions far in the back of this fight as in the fight many places in syria, the free syrian army. thats th...

Wh >> reporter: the rebel commander there is nicknamed "the uncle," hes in his late 30s. the motivation for that execution was revenge. this is someone who has vowed to slaughter all of the alowites. you have summary executions taking place with no real due process what to speak of whatsoever. the other issue of course when it comes to arming the rebels is not just the need to really rein in that karnal desire for revenge but also dealing with the more extremist elements that exist inside syria,...

Its thought this blast was caused by a car bomb. no one has claimed responsibility. the violence in syria continues as forces loyal to president bashar al assad fight over territory with rebel groups. footage of summary executions can be found on the internet. where this film comes from is uncertain. here two rebels are tortured by men in military uniform and killed. >> every day, the death toll mounts. the united nations estimates 20,000 have been killed and they estimated true figure is probab...