Years celebrations have been cancelled. Now cities around the world concerned about possible attacks are clamping down. And critical vote. Polls have closed in Central Africa republics president ial and parliamentary elections, voters there hope it will end years of violence. Hello everybody, im David Schuster in new york. You are watching al jazeera Americas International news hour and we begin tonight with the battle against i. S. I. L. In iraq. Coalition leaders say there are as many as 700 i. S. I. L. Fighters hiding in ramadi three days after iraqi forces recaptured the city. Iraqi soldiers have also found hundreds of boob 80 traps. Escalating between iraq and turkey, baghdad has gone so far as to threaten military action. Turkish leaders say the troops were deployed to train iraqi militia, no control over a third of its country. Al jazeeras Osama Ben Javad has more from iraq. More iraqis have been forced out of their homes in the fighting against i. S. I. L. And the military. The
The syrian army backed by russian air strikes says its troops have fought their way into a southern rebel held town. The new offensive focuses on a strategic location on the main road connecting the capitol to the Southern City of dara. Syrian rebels say the assault was supported by the heaviest Russian Aerial Bombing Campaign so far in the south. And its part of the governments first major offense nif southern syria since russia joined the fight at the end of september. The syrian observatory for human rights says moscows strikes on syria have killed more than 2,300 so far. 792 of the dead, more than a third, were civilians, 180 were children. Russia has denied that its air campaign in support of assads government is hitting civilians. Hashem ahelbarra has been following the story and sent us this report from turkey. Reporter it all started with intense air strikes by russian fighter jets paving the way for Government Troops to advance towards the town, which is an opposition strong h
Thank you for joining us. The syrian army backed by russian airstrikes said that troops have fought their way in the southernrebel held town. The new offensive focuses on a strategic location on the main road. Syrian rebels say the assault was supported by the heaviest russian Bombing Campaign so far in the south. Its part of the governments first major offensive since russia joined the fight at the end of september. Moscows strikes on syria have killed more than 2,300 people so far. 792 of the dead, thats more than a third, were civilians and the 180 were children. Russia has denied its air campaign in support of assads government is hitting civilians. We have been following the story and we have this report in turkey. It all started with intense airstrikes by russian fighter jets paving the way for Government Troops to advance towards the opposition stronghold. The rebels say that despite the losses theyre regrouping, and theyre planning towards a counter offensive to push the Govern
And a state disaster declared in missouri with rivers are still rising. Well bring you more in sport where Atletico Madrid has won their match, and in cricket, england wins their first test against the number one ranked team in the world, south africa. The syrian army backed by russian airstrikes says that troops have fought their way against the southern rebel held town. The new offensive focuses on a strategic location on the main road from damascus to southern cities. Syrian rebels say that the assault was sported by the Bombing Campaign so far in the south. Its part of the governments first major offensive since russia joined the fight at the end of september. Meanwhile, syrian observatory for human rights said that moscow strikes have killed more than 230 people so far. 792 of the dead, thats more than a third, were civilians. 180 were children. Russia has denied its air campaign in support of assads government is hitting civilians. Hashem ahelbarra has been following the story an
Korean leader is killed in a car crash we begin the newshour in the Central African republic, where voting is under way in much delayed president ial and legislative elections. Voters began to cast their ballots. 1. 8 million are expected to vote. With the armed forces and u. N. Peacekeepers ensuring everything goes smoothly. The governor of car for a decade has been barred from standing. He is the subject of u. N. Sanctions. Michelle is snable to run, put in power in 2003 by the fighters. And the interim president is not allowed to run. But that could change if george dalgela wins, a former Prime Minister to whom the party pledged support. If elected, he could return to car. The other leading candidate is martin, a former Prime Minister accused by some of having ties to the seleka fighters. And the former foreign minister and prominent muslim candidate. Our correspondent is outside a polling station in the capital bangui with more. There has been a number of concerns, polling stations