dalori is close to the heavily guarded nigerian town of maiduguri, the birthplace of boko haram before it was ousted 3 years ago. it is home to roughly 20 thousand internally displaced nigerians - who fled other areas besieged by fighting, constant boko haram raids and suicide bombings. (robyn kriel, cnn correspondent) "security experts tell cnn this sort of brazen attack, so close to maiduguri, is surprising but shows that boko haram's operational capacity has not been diminished along with its loss of territory. this attack also has major implications for nigeria's president mohammedu buhari's plans to return displaced people to areas liberated from boko haram." buhari earlier claimed in 2015 that his soldiers would defeat boko haram by the end of the year. but the militant jihadi group, which renamed itself "iswap"-- islamic state's west african province-- in march allegiance to isis, has been able to fight back. several deadly attacks in the country's north east in december 20-15 and january 20-16 have destroyed any hope of a swift end to the fighting. one survivor says he hid in a

attacks in northeastern nigeria and gunmen opened fire of civilians and set fire to homes close to maiduguri and some of the victims were children and boko haram stepping up attacks on villages as it's losing territory to the military. next up a race for the white house and the upcoming vote in iowa could be a decisive movement for presidential hopefuls and making space for mixed gender praying at the holiest site. ♪ ♪ welcome back, quick recap of the top stories on al jazeera and ten people have been killed and several others injured in a suicide bombing in kabul, suicide bomber detonated explosives near the headquarters of afghanistan border police and claimed responsibility for the attack. syria opposition says it received assure ens from international backers about providing humanitarian relief from suffering people and threatened to walk out of talks in geneva unless there was an immediate end to attacks on civilians and dozens of people have been killed in suspected boko haram attacks in northeastern nigeria, gunmen opened fire on civilians and set fire to homes in the town of clos

since the beginning they started talks about a humanitarian crisis in madaya and maiduguri. from there they attacked our attack on terrorists >>> syrian opposition say they will not return to talks until humanitarian demands are met. >> translation: someone who wants a political solution, and wants negotiations wouldn't carry out those attacks on people there. we know the regime drove the negotiations in geneva to a failure, and will do again in this political process. we came to geneva, and were keen to make it a success and prove that they were serious about it. it seems he doesn't want is to be a success. >> so no diplomatic break through in geneva, but there has been a military one for government forces and allies in syria. they've been trying to encircle the opposition held city of aleppo. they took two places on tuesday. they broke through territory north of aleppo reaching government villages, allowing the syrian military to cut off rebel supply routes from the turkish boarder and stop reinforcements from getting through. zeina khodr has more from the border between s

the attack occurred near nigeria's northeastern city of maiduguri. nigerian officials say the group boko haram killed more than 80 people when attackers opened fire on villagers and set fire to homes, and three female suicide bombers blew themselves up among those trying to escape. this was the third boko haram attack in nigeria in the past week. boko haram, the group that kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in 2014, has been carrying out terrorist attacks for six years in an effort to establish its version of a strict islamist state. its insurgency has killed an estimated 20,000 people. 22 alleged members of mexico's biggest drug cartel are in custody and two are dead after a joint u.s. and mexican operation along the arizona-mexico border. a spokesperson for u.s. immigrations, customs and enforcement says the high-level members of the sinaloa cartel were arrested friday. the agents also seized hundreds of pounds of drugs and assault- style weapons. u.s. officials say they will seek extradition of the alleged cartel members, who are now in mexican c

of state john kerry urged the syrian government to allow aid to reach those affected in places like maiduguri. >> children are suffering, not as a result of an accident of war, but the consequence of an intentional tactic. as i mentioned. that tactic using starvation as an instrument of war is against the law of war. key players in the coalition insist i.s.i.l. won't be defeated as long as bashar al-assad stays in power. this is another potential ground for the coalition. libya marred by infighting. it controls the area. the international coalition to stem the rise of i.s.i.l. >> the more it is tempted to pursue its terrorist activities elsewhere. by targetting other counties, and we are witnessing renewed activity, or by looking to strike inside our own countries. >> the government was rejected by the internationally recognised perimeter in the east. it plays into the hands of i.s.i.l. that expands in the oil-rich country. >> despite the ongoing air strikes in iraq and syria, the group involves swathes of land, expanding in north africa, trying to build a base in libya. there's a growing con

people killed in boko haram in northeast nigeria and opened fire and set fire to homes close to maiduguri and stepping up as they are losing to the military. hundreds sworn in to parliament in myanmar with a new era in politics and the national lead for democracy won elections in november endingly more than 50 years of military rule and rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: members of parliament from myanmar's national league for democracy or nld finally take power but it is a power shared. after half a century in control the military will still retain a firm hold. they get a quarter of all seats in parliament, keep control of important ministries and can block any constitutional change. analysts say that will make it difficult for the nld to govern. >> i think the military sitting in the parliament, i think the government cannot govern effectively. >> reporter: the military themselves will not say too much. is it going to be a good and workable government? hello? during the years of military rule ndl supporter was constantly in and out of detention, reconciliation will take effort. >> transl

the attackers struck northeast of maiduguri, the largest city in northeastern nigeria, and the militants' home base. nato is moving to beef up its presence in the baltics and eastern europe to deter possible russian aggression. alliance defense ministers met in brussels today and agreed to set up new outposts in the region and bolster troop numbers. the measure also calls for regular war games and a rapid- reaction force. russia has warned any such move will threaten european stability. u.s. policy on syria came under fire on multiple fronts today. syrian rebels and the governments of france and turkey all complained of weakness in washington's actions. jonathan rugman of independent television news is on the ground in turkey. >> reporter: russian air strikes like these in the town of tal rifat yesterday have sent rebels fighting president assad to new levels of despair and thousands the russians are not talking about a cease fire till march 1, hoping these men will take much more territory before attempts at peace talks begin again. showing me a map of aleppo under siege is political ch

dalori is close to the heavily guarded nigerian town of maiduguri, the birthplace of boko haram before it was ousted 3 years ago. it is home to roughly 20 thousand internally displaced nigerians - who fled other areas besieged by fighting, constant boko haram raids and suicide bombings. (robyn kriel, cnn correspondent) "security experts tell cnn this sort of brazen attack, so close to maiduguri, is surprising but shows that boko haram's operational capacity has not been diminished