shooting at turkish troops that would enter who was about being there and therefore signaling to took a we we won't let you come in this is not the areas of limits to you now with a declaration by trump on sunday. obviously has been removed and that was perhaps not a green light but a flashing red light as a flashing yellow light is enough was enough was for turkey for i don't want to cross that junction because that road will talk us through the make up of this area this 30 kilometer so-called safe zone that the tag said they want to establish it's heavily kaddish but there are also arab communities that. indeed and so some of the areas that seem to be 1st on the list of turkish incursions or. supposedly the majority arab as originally also has an arab communities so there are kurdish population centers so the question

is now if turkey indeed is going to occupy control this 30 kilometer zone that they have been talking about in the discussions on the safe zone that they want. if they do that and then if they are indeed good. encourage let's say the repatriation of syrian refugees who are now in turkey to come to these areas to settle in these areas then we can of course preview all kind of demographic change and demographic tension or ethnic tension that make that miral out of that well how long could this conflict potentially continue we're seeing the 2nd largest army in nato versus the kurds shortly saying they're outgunned but now there's been talk of the kurds joining up with president assad's forces one of these somewhat unlikely alliances. sure i mean the

discussion about about the kurds about this death or why b.g. going back to their my schools to find protection from. from turkey has been coming back time and again and it was discussed already at the time of the operation our freend the olive branch so-called all of branch operation it has never really worked out because the kurds could never get from from our side what they wanted to kind of some kind of commitment to some kind of autonomy and are not going to get it now so it's doubtful if there's an agreement is possible between the 2 sides and is also doubtful that turkey will be convinced if indeed some kind of symbolic syrian army presence would emerge and how to imagine how that would happen so quickly it's not clear that if you will be convinced that this is that this is good enough for them that their decision state is really back on the other side that what they see as an as a part of the p.k. k.

is no longer dominating this area so that seems to be that they look seems to look like a long shot hiker van and that the international crisis group's project right to iraq in lebanon thank you for your insights on out of there and stand there and you very much while still ahead. building barricades in ecuador anger over the doubling of petrol prices so there's no sign of dying down. and ugandan hofstadter and opposition employed by the wine is once again prevented from performing well explain why. hello well you know we're waiting to the rain to go south for the wet season started in tunisia and it's just about starting

a new line of significant chassis from roughly center way sea westwards to halfway up sumatra not a bigger effect in the forecast but you've still got some decent downpours in thailand cambodia and via the central philippines and precious few although possibly one or 2 in the forecast in western java but probably no further east than that the cloud is increasing in australia where we could do with a bit more rain there hasn't been very much in the southeast you know the early fire season which confirms that but there is. depending on your point of view of the useful or annoying rain in the forecast really from the coast of new south wales up and towards queensland that come quite a long way inland keep temperatures in the teens a disappointing the cold 11 in hobart rather warmer in perth but that isn't necessarily sustainable but the rain itself could make it a fairly miserable time on the coast of australia east coast at least where that rain is wont to say is your point of view as a new zealand

a lot of clatter and not a significant amount of rain unless you're in the far south and south island where the onshore breeze is a bit disappointing. experience . in places to get.

a reminder about top stories this hour heavy fighting is underway in syria sources have told al-jazeera the syrian national me is preparing to participate in the offensive troops in such a storm areas controlled by the democratic forces. in town. again defending his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria the president's critics say he is shamelessly abandoning kaddish allies who helped defeat i so trump is warning he will in his words wipe out turkey's economy forces going off limits. on the international community is condemning takis offensive an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council is due in just a few hours tuckey's president says the operation will bring peace and stability and rushed out what he calls terrorists. while on to other news the protesters in

ecuador have fought with security forces during a 7th day of anti-government demonstrations thousands of people marched on the streets of the capital quito angry over fuel price hikes introduced by president lenin renner well his administration has temporarily moved to the coastal city of quiet kill our last american editor you see in yemen is that. on day 7 of nationwide demonstrations against governmental sturdy measures a nationwide strike paralyzed much of the country as mass protests continued especially in the ecuadorian capital was and by your team by the president has set up a temporary seat of government a smaller but noisy group of demonstrators held peaceful barges of their own rather riot police and soldiers trying to keep these anti-government demonstrators away from another group that's demonstrating the group not here the president's men in what it has actually left the right one to the left then we'll be leaving we

didn't misleaders to try to negotiate a settlement for the 1st time since the crisis this country has had and over a decade. preliminary talks with indigenous and trade union leaders are being mediated by the united nations and the catholic church but so far there's no sign of an agreement but as you did the president is talking of dialogue but he stubbornly says i won't repeal the measure is what kind of dialogue is that. but the government is under increasing pressure to make concessions. he has to revoke the measures because the ability to govern ecuador is compromise he can't govern under these circumstances with the people out on the streets he has no more political capital some are asking for his resignation so his options are limited. opponents of the indigenous led strike held a march of their own in saying they wanted peace. joined

police on the streets to disperse anti-government protesters and in what is being interpreted as a show of support for the government the armed forces announced that any quote consequences of their actions would be the sole responsibility of those who they say are generating social unrest. human rights monitors from the united nations and the organization of american states have expressed concern over what they call excessive use of force against demonstrators and the media as the actual number of arrests surpasses 700 you see in human al-jazeera. indonesia's security minister will run terrorism hospital after being attacked by a man with a knife as happened in the town of pandit on the island of java has now been flown to jakarta and is in a stable condition police say an officer was also hot 2 men and

a woman have been arrested or thirty's are investigating whether they may have been influenced by isis now the head of germany's jewish community has described the panic inside the synagogue as the gunman tried to shoot through the door at least 80 worshippers were marking young kapoor the holiest day in the jewish calendar 2 people were killed and a suspect is in police custody andrew simmons has been following developments from the city of hama. carmelita methodically this gun man planned to kill jews on their holiest day of worship yom kippur dressed like a soldier wearing a steel helmet a camera is attached to it the device transmitting live video to a gaming website behind the police cordon is a synagogue the killers target but his plan failed the synagogue had been packed with dozens of worshipers safe from attack because the they kendra installs were locked and she's given her because i saw how he shot the story so he started out

here in shock directly and i thought the store wouldn't hold and then he's in the yard and there's another door like this one and then if the 2nd door doesn't hold then it would have been really bad the gunman had repeatedly opened fire on the door he gave up and then shot randomly killing a woman passer by a covered body lying in the foreground here he went on to a nearby turkish kabob restaurant to kill again this man was inside. because if you know how i was standing at the entrance and saw an elderly woman passed by and behind her there was suddenly this man wearing a helmet and military style clothes he was holding a gun and wearing a baloch lover and then he tried to throw what looked like a hand grenade but it bounced off the door frame and exploded right in front of this elderly woman with a very loud bang and then he raised the gun and started shooting. german media quoting police sources say the gunmen then drove 17 kilometers to landsberg he shot

an electrician there from a workshop he's been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries as police warned people to stay indoors they confirmed they directed one person on the all minutes inspired we have at least 2 crime scenes one person died as the result of a shooting in the area of ludwig vocalist also and another one in the area of humboldt strasser we 1st received information that there was want. i have reason to suspect who was armed and have since been suggestions to the could have been more people involved but that's not confirmed at this point germany has tried to fight a resurgence of extremism in recent years including the firebombing of synagogues foreign minister heiko to eat it hit says in the heart that a synagogue was shot out on the day of atonement we must all act against anti semitism in our country. the german chancellor angela merkel joined a jewish vigil in berlin her spokesperson saying she expressed deep sympathy for

the victims' families there is a mood of fear in this small german city just imagine what it was like for the congregation inside the synagogue as they saw a video feed from the security camera showing a man with a gun firing at the door smashing at the door for all of 10 minutes and now line a statement yet to be verified apparently from the suspect saying his objective was to kill as many anti whites as possible jews preferred andrew simmons out 0 power in germany tech giant apple has arrived at from its online store the protesters in hong kong used to track police movements the move comes after a strong condemnation of the app from the chinese government apple says the app was used in ways that endangered law enforcement and residents in hong kong earlier this week the taiwanese flag for use in hong kong and macau also at the request of

the chinese government. well speaking of taiwan intolerance president has promised to defend the island sovereignty and they will growing pressure from beijing as a threat to regional security saying well made the comments during the last days speech and said china is using its one country 2 systems proposal to threaten the island so i warned that such an arrangement had set hong kong on the edge of disorder and beijing considers taiwan a rogue province and has never announced the use of force to bring the island under its control. military sources with libya's un recognized government say a war plane flown by forces loyal to war khalifa haftar has been shot down near the coastal city of at least 2 fighters loyal to the un recognized government were killed in renewed clashes with cuffed us forces and other wahid has more from tripoli this is jewish and remains very tense in southern tripoli as clashes continue between forces loyal to the u. and recognized

a government of national accord and forces loyal to the world have to in now this location is the government forces location in the vicinity of the old united international airport and they're now trying to spot after those forces on the other age of the would they say that they sometimes receive heavy fire from half their forces here and have those were planes and drones target the occasion they say also that civil civilian houses farms and also power plants have been damaged by the airstrikes fighters here say that they have fallen fighters fighting for the world khalifa haftar these say that there are most of probably russian and african fighters we as a disease or cannot independently verify that but they say that now this battle does not seem to be in doing any time soon as both warring factions are determined

to continue fighting. now to new zealand presidential candidate now bill curry has been freed from jail just 4 days before a runoff vote coralie had been behind bars and organist accused of money laundering and tax evasion the media mogul came 2nd in the fast round of the presidential elections last month and his party heart of chin is here $138.00 seats coming in 2nd in monday's parliamentary election they trailed then after party which won $52.00 seats. ugandan pop star opposition m.p. bobby wine has again been prevented from holding a concert when escaped on a motion by from security forces had surrounded his hiring police say he didn't have permission for the shower. reports. politician bobby wine celebrates his escape from uganda security forces by riding through the streets of the capital kampala cheered on by supporters.

one was due to hold an independent state considered a beach resort but hours before he was due to perform soldiers and police officers surrounded both his home and the venue multitudes of soldiers and policemen were deployed at one. i needed even my home this very place was sealed by the police and the military big employed very many police officers many many more much more than 4 hours ago on. probably why he became a member of parliament 3 years ago who is known for his politically charged songs calling for change in a country where you are ema 70 has been president for more than 3 decades. his activism has won him international sympathy but not from the canton government the police has been targeting us has been blocking our shows and indeed they went

ahead and blocked the show that was supposed to go on today it will be remembered that this has been the 156 shot that has been blocked by police. ugandan police say the consulate wasn't approved because they didn't have the staff to provide security for the event wind he was standing against the 70 in the 2021 presidential election says his opposition to the government will continue victoria gave him be out. is there. now both the 290-2018 nobel prizes for literature will be awarded on thursday after last year's ceremony was postponed following a major scandal the nobel foundation blocked the swedish academy for awarding last year's prize after the husband of one of the academy's board members was accused of sexual assault.

hello again this is al jazeera and these are the top stories heavy fighting is currently underway in the least syria sources have told al-jazeera the turkish backed syrian national army is preparing to participate in that offensive troops are set to storm areas controlled by the syrian democratic forces in tel aviv and towns. u.s. president donald trump has once again defended his decision to withdraw american troops from syria the president's critics say he is shamelessly abandoning kaddish allies who helped to defeat eisele when asked by reporters if he was concerned that will wipe out the kurds trump had this to say. i will wipe the. economy if that happens i've already done it once with pastor brunson. i'm sure that he i hope that he will act rationally you do have to understand that fighting each other for many many decades actually for centuries they've been fighting each other protesters in ecuador have clashed with security forces during

a 7th day of anti-government demonstrations thousands of people marched on the streets of the capital keysar angry over a fuel price hikes introduced by president lenin moran and a runner is refusing to resign 2 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire outside a synagogue in germany where suppose or locking young kapoor the holiest day in the jewish calendar a suspect is in police custody. indonesia's security minister were run to is in hospital after being attacked by a man with a knife it happened in the town of pandit on the island of java he's been flown to jakarta and is in a stable condition 2 men and a woman have been arrested tech giant apple has removed an app from its online store that protesters in hong kong use to track police movements the move comes after a strong condemnation of the app from the chinese government apple says the app was used in ways that endangered law enforcement and residents in hong kong earlier this week apple remove the taiwanese flag for users in hong kong and macau at the

request of the chinese government well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power. with a record number of nominations the world waits to see who wins 29000 nobel peace prize the nobel committee when announced the winner out on find out easier has been awarded exclusive international rights to interview the win after the board ceremony december the nobel prize announces iraq. the multi-trillion dollar global tourism industry undoubtedly brings many benefits from wealthy underemployed meant to greater international connectivity but it also carries environment and other costs as well as being a major contributor to global warming it can cause pollution the loss of natural

habitats and social stress this is particularly so for europe's most popular locations which are buckling under the weight of ever growing numbers now with mass tourism projected to keep growing in coming years some of their inhabitants 100 off the selfie taking cracks. i don't value to paul who try to write even severe weather which will be predicted by this crew snow ok it's. see you in star wars film interfered to seeing a robin hood like winston up the east. became

a thrones dubrovnik in croatia has long been one of the mediterraneans most popular tourist destinations. but after scenes from the t.v. series game of thrones were filmed here more tourists have been coming. we've rented an apartment in the oldest part of the city but one of the most iconic sequences was shocked many times a lot of shame have. the same image each. king's landing. comes before you. just called house line is still. sort of the same show so it's a bit on the way down to places like this that have something extra special to offer have seen an explosion in the number of visitors. in the 1950 s. there were only 25000000 tourists worldwide today there are more than 1400000000

a year the boom has been a blessing for some bringing jobs and revenue and new opportunities but for others it has been a courteous visible i. promise i'll choose the dog. and now a new so-called scent jess's phenomenon is boosting global tourism people choosing a holiday destination as a direct result of seeing it in a movie or on t.v. there was some for us all from gary and jenny up to such set jess's from leeds england it's amazing to. they start this walk of shame. it's just to say that. you know the view is the same in milan saying she. was involved in a. really unfair game of thrones and kings london and all of it was computer

generated but there's a lot. and we will stop here again but i will just kindly ask you to occupy only one side though the brains i will tell you what is landmarks are only 1500 people actually live in old town for a unesco world heritage site but last year 1300000 tourists came to visit. exactly but. you have done your homework everybody likes a moment it's one of probably one of the all time greatest shows ever met. not just . because it's going on it's clear what being here means for the diehard fans of the cult series but overall the city is now bursting.

through. an explosion of visitor numbers is by no means unique to drug nor other problems that brings mass tourism may have some obvious benefits but in recent years many of those on the receiving end of the influx of had enough to make one in venice have been noisy demonstrations against overcrowding and its toll on the city's fragile ecosystem here in thailand beaches have been closed because of environmental damage in the fall just like. in the barcelona tourist buses that had their tires slashed in the morning coming up on. in austria the annual tourist season is gathering pace and afternoon by this is house tap a village in the alps which in a short time has become one of europe's most popular destinations stands for.

just under 800 people live in house stop but every year more than a 1000000 tourists flock here for the remarkable scenery and the numbers especially from asia keep rising the way and living our sisters from singapore they're on a month long vacation around europe but i again. they share photos from their journey on social media. visiting house was on top of that list. i just went to. my site. and i just. i. think. the only. man alexander shorts is desperately trying to handle

the crime scene so good. so. what. it. is but the man is complaining a few years ago his village was dying. it on. the original. tourism really took off in west europe in the 1960 s. when the middle classes 1st gained the spare time and money to go on package holiday just. because. it. seems that what was once a luxurious experience only to be enjoyed by the rich is now relatively common

place these days taking a plane is like catching a bus sora train to not much more expensive cheap flights have given 2 or ism a huge proved in the last decade global airline passenger numbers have doubled as a consequence to more than 4300000000 a year. and it's no longer only those from the richest nations who are traveling people from all. over the world are now on the move. for way and living and for most of the tourists here the journey has one purpose to shoot as many selfies as possible you know will it be and you'll. be mean. instagram tourism as it's sometimes known is a fast growing trend almost 40 percent of young tourists admit in surveys

that their choice of destination is influenced by what the location will look like in that picture. just a few photos to put in the instagram. for guys to put it in a private account so that only my close friends can see on the photos that i post but i think it is ok sharing is not. just sharing like that's such a place as and my family. just tell them and they can experience themselves ok though you know the point where you know the china they're so fond of house stands that they've built a state a copy of the austrian village in south korea that forms the setting of a television show i did many places in asia pictures of how stuff pop up on posters calendars and google. from my friend they say you must win austria

because it's really beautiful so when i saw this picture come into the internet in i just. do. know one thing tell. claims to have the best view of stavanger in norway. rather she has until 8 am every morning before the 1st crowds of tourists here. harvey your hell of being. a mere system learn in if you learn how. to set up with going to silica here so i have a fantastic sic. tool this heap in a cruise ships can now dog right in the center of stavanger the extra revenue this

generates fills the coffers of the city's poor but it's becoming a real nuisance for the residents. at park thieves. took less than a week of our snowfall to listener yes. yes this enough that there are many out there know can or. go for the f.l. to us nascar for no we're. not out there so me of what occurs to you and there the york. is a retired hairdresser she spends most of the time in her garden. yeah mia says that she. she and her husband bought their dream house almost 2 decades ago in those days the number of

tourists wasn't an issue. of the sisters citizen or. a stick or a stick but the enticing matthew and. 11 call know how. around $350000.00 cruise ship passengers who visits to bangor during the season this year . local businesses welcome the money they bring although generally seaborne tourists spend less than others because they have everything they need on the ship they get they get the sas more particular the tank the small or smaller still hung or some other kind of a key piece some shipment of either party have an event center. on a small porton or. company and these papal for a whole day of a few blocks. the other cruise ships coming to 50

a year really must be weird for them or take a picture of the houses that is what you expect when you live in a cruise ship town. and that's why we don't live on. that step most of that stuff. are there hard there from the harvey comp sales. welcome to the ryder cup it will take us approximately 45 minutes to reach king's landing is a beautiful serving there is dark room full of tourists. who believe here people are happy because you know that what you gave. them wasn't just gravy and the story it was just a good story it was on this story. helping churning dubrovnik into some sort of a distant land well that's what we that what we are trying to avoid you know brother

nick is becoming these new land regardless of the game of thrones so you never know for sure maybe the sale ana came. there then there is there a gary in the u.s. congress in a row seat and that was filmed on the front back of power. during the insensate. in dubrovnik in croatia croatia our entire coast along until the homeland war people were renting their apartments let's say and they had guessed it were coming to their places for 10 years in a row see there'd be brought these is where royal family wished farewell till to marcella you can have both in frame. song. right now with. a look. people

are facing the same location for a game of years in a role because the way i believe that the travelling became more affordable and now you have opportunities for me one less money to visit places far far away. tourism has changed you brought me completely in the only one in full residence left in the last 8 years now i live outside of your town because i find the old town a little bit too crowded especially during summer months you could walk and you can park shopping is limited then such a thing both will fish standage rents out. the apartment he used to live in tourism is now his main income he's bought 20 apartments in the old quarter and he's renting them all out when i was a boy used to play ball in the streets and local.

grandmothers you are used to dry clothes on. the ropes and such things that you carve the sea anymore so there are less and less inhabitants because it's the expensive. the government needs to keep dubrovnik site entity it shouldn't be misplaced with a king's landing but king glen king's landing was filmed in the grammy so you cannot avoid king's landing in the problem. in hopes that the municipality cashes in every time a tourist parks a rented car checks in at the hotel even when they use the public toilets for some local tradesmen to tourism is also a gravy train your highness janet is a local cop into me or even been 100 guy even in the house of throwing this really

going to been victimized. thinks that i miss. but historically in greece the. only say are causing an industry in the right. but when mass tourism arrived in holes that his business flourished economy. i. was. on the. verge on 1st. name and in. my income when it was. 10201. and housing me 100 articles up with the conflict here and i need to really know. i don't want to say no to everyone that is happy. but has lived here his life now he's considering moving away because the noise and disruption becoming unbearable. save some of these fans to.

be a plane in seats in the. seats and. he says i'm going to give us a. little if you could. also know drones on the. view but that doesn't meet the front face of it almost. as i did i just wonder when all the film we've been the only ones you know you feel guilty. because of the sixty's when it was he going to shoot any kloof position in the. one scene and. she doubts already what. from the austrian alps it's back to norway

this time. a village in the south west of the country which is famous for its fuel . well here to meet and discuss for a time a pharma tourism activist. directing it could be a good. saturday. in 2014 he attracted international attention when he set up a series of giant signs protesting against the cruise ships that bring

275002 wrists annually to the area. so hang. on hang on to. save the salmon. so likable or any. better handle. people pollution. vended all of our destiny all or devalued all of them. 'd 'd under bush has i lies in the fight against the cruise's last year media all over the world published this

picture of a local politician in another norwegian fjords protesting i'm a kid against the cruise ship invaders. let's go no. more to him. so it was to let lots. of. of course the municipality does well financially from the influx of tourists but the environment clearly suffers 2. recent studies have shown that a big cruise ship as many particles a day as the traffic of a medium sized city with around 500000 cars and what's more the vessels release up to 3 times more c

o 2 passenger. than an aircraft that has huge consequences for global warming. today one of the very largest cruise ships. it. isn't against tourists in principle he has 4 small cabins of his own to rent but every 4th tourist here in from now comes with the cruise ships and fears that they're scaring away the traditional guests who used to come

a long time. ago. well. it leaves. a lot. of the obvious. what kind of name and phone calls feels good we do to john sniveling oh what am i

definitely suggest that was back in june brunswick one can of course also find a bond with a game of thrones theme i just got a jon snow. last night and the theme to come tackles patrick with an episode of concealing smokes my friends could be good friends get. a life really awesome we think we're watching this you're doing something here there's nothing to suggest that mass tourism has reached a peak yet here in job growth nick or in the rest of the world it's a gigantic global industry that's only going to keep on growing the british are respect the laws owners part of building the needle causing a dimension of bill said problem. but shouldn't think a little more carefully about how you want to weigh creek travel how much gold marlboro lights are going to location in space coming off the island the fall

perhaps each of us has to choose whether to be among those tourists who leave sky on the places we visit will stay at home in front of the t.v. . as long as you keep enjoying ok moon of. cake. on march 13th 2019 the f.a.a. grounded the u.s. 737 max fleet based upon crash site findings and satellite data hundreds of lives lost and boeing spazz descending aircraft immobilized did profit outweigh procedure did regulators allow industry too much control the system failed it failed our passengers it's failed the global fold lines investigates system failure

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ground an air offensive against kurdish fighters in northeastern syria joined by the syrian opposition fighters. they didn't help us in the 2nd world war they don't help us with normandy accused of abandoning his kurdish allies the u.s. president says he sees it differently. also 2 people have been killed in germany in what's now being treated as an anti semitic attack. and i'm leah harding with sports as a thai film bears down on japan rugby world cup organizers are forced to cancel 2 matches on the grounds of safety. welcome to the news are heavy fighting in border villages as turkey's military offensive in northern syria enters its 2nd day turkish forces are fighting the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as they push into the syrian border area now

turkish military says it's hit more than $100.00 of what it describes as terrorist positions but kurdish forces say they've repelled a fresh ground attacks and they're also warning of a humanitarian crisis as thousands of panicked residents begin to flee towns and villages in the area now many in the international community have expressed concern over turkey's operation the united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting in the next few hours now we have reporters covering developments in a bell and a column but 1st here's charles stratford's report from the turkey syria border. turkish forces in the syrian rebel allies attacked kurdish positions in northeast syria pounding them with strikes and artillery barrages in a cross border military operation just days after u.s. troops pulled back from the area. world leaders have described the offensive as

dangerous and reckless and warn it will strengthen regional stability. the turkish vice president sees it differently. this operation will be a source of peace and will bring peace and will sort out the syrian crisis in a radical way this operation led by president recent tayyip erdogan as one of the steps and one of the procedures among other steps taken by president won for the sake of syria and for keeping the unity of syria and. turkey as president received the type says the aim of the offensive is to eliminate what he calls a terror accord all along turkey's southern border. he also wants to establish a safe zone inside territory currently held by the kurdish late syrian democratic forces where 2000000 refugees currently hosted in turkey can be settled.

the s.d.f. says the offensive has caused widespread panic evacuations that will trigger a new humanitarian crisis and i know the better we saw 2 tanks in front of our village so we left fearing that out children might get hurt following the shelling of the village most residents have left but some young men have stayed. the kurds have been key players in the fight against isis in syria the s.d.f. of appeal to the united states and its allies to establish a no fly zone to protect it from turkish attacks that's not done at the king i mean can i doubt in my judgment in a fight that on the. united for the mass to me to die i should say it is trying to lengthen the life of these groups we do not agree to any attacks by taki and by supporting them and the world needs to be behind the attack on the northeast of syria the turkish government describes the main fighting force of the s.d.f. as a terrorist organization leaked to the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k.

k. which is fought against the turkish government for decades. early on sees this military operation as a chance to weaken an old enemy but the international community is worried about the prospect of more suffering for the people of syria as well as the security implications of this move. turkey has so far off wouldn't go clear planning about how to deal with thousands of jailed eisel fighters the syrian side of the border. the turkish defense ministry says a ground incursion into syria has begun and there are rising fears for the hundreds of thousands of civilians living close to the border many of whom fled to s.d.f. controlled territory to safety in a country that has already suffered years of war child strife and al jazeera on the turkish syrian border well senator is our correspondent live for us that i should call a near the turkey as techies border with syria and of course the initial bombardment

has been both the at and from the land in terms of where you are right now saina what seems to be the current situation. well it's an ongoing military operation in the past hour or so the front behind us we witnessed a lot of military activity the turkish defense ministry saying that this operation is moving according to plan and has been successful and that quote initial targets designated targets have been captured it provided little detail apart from that but what we understand is the strategy has been to use heavy airpower air raids artillery bombardment you target the defenses of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces you weaken those defenses which makes it easier for ground forces to advance into northeast syria what we also understand is that those forces have advanced on

a number of fronts they've invested vantz a few kilometers deep the aim is to cut the supply lines because the area of operation. we are seeing this 100 kilometer stretch of territory along the border from it starts from behind me really the syrian border town of tel aviv and extends all the way to the syrian border town of russell lane this is what seems to be the initial focus the immediate focus of the turkish military campaign now so far turkish army as well as their local allies the opposition syrian national army they haven't entered built up areas what we understand is that they know that the s. the f. have placed booby traps so this is not going to be an easy fight the as the f. is promising that this is going to be a long and difficult battle and then they have put up some resistance but the end of the day we have to remember that the s. the f. is outgunned it's outnumbered it's up against nato has a 2nd largest army and of course turkey has the superiority in the skies and the

s.d.f. for what the turkish government believes is really just a cover for the y.p. geo group it considers a terrorist organization. he did not have an take aircraft weapons so this is day 2 of this operation it may take more time but it is moving ahead of course as you talk about the very clear strategy that the turks have in terms of this offensive zaina they're also very mindful of the civilian populations that are also in those areas because any injury to those will of course exacerbate sort of the the dilemma they are facing in the criticism they're also getting of this military operation. yes the turkish army turkish government officials they insist that this operation will only target quote militants civilians will not be targeted civilian infrastructure

a will not be targeted and you did mention the international community international aid agencies they're warning against this operation they believe it will only create further human suffering it will exacerbate the displacement crisis in the region yesterday we saw thousands of people families putting whatever belongings they had on the top of their vehicles and make their way further south in search of safety but there's really very few places they can go a lot of the area north east syria has been destroyed in the fight against i so so these international aid agencies are sounding the alarm the turkish government saying that really the plan is to create a safe zone for civilian refugees we were just speaking to the mayor mayor of this town a chuckle a short while ago and what he said was 400000 syrian refugees are living in this province they need to go back home 125000 of them in this border town alone this is why we want to create this say so and so these people can go back because the turkish government and the syrian opposition believe it is the why p.g.

which is preventing these people from coming back so it's a very complicated situation but for the time being turkey does not have the international community really on board behind it it's not simple rallying behind its military operation nor behind its plan to resettle millions of refugees in that safe zone and do you see a very complicated situation that you're in picking forest for the moment senator thanks for joining us we'll of course be following you through the day let's cross over to our correspondent bernard smith who joins me now from bill in iraq semi autonomous kurdish region in the north the kurds have much to contemplate they've now go to another front you might say in conflict with the turks to deal with as well as trying to protect the areas that they are already in control of let's just begin with a new reaction from the kurds as to what's happened in the last 24 hours in the areas where they are now facing turkish bombardment. well 1st of all.

so reaction from kurdish political leaders here in iraq masoud barzani the president of the kurdish democratic party and a former president of the kurdistan region of iraq he tweeted after the turkish assault on the syrian kurdish positions began he said dear president trump please know that the people of kurdistan have always pursued their just rights he said the peshmerga have defeated isis and are unaffected parts and are an effective part of the coalition against terror the blood of the kurds is far more valuable than money and weapons use as an indication of the feeling of. the thing that the americans have really been abandoned by the kurds and that is a common feeling amongst the kurdish community not just in syria but here also in this part of iraq as well as far as events inside kurdish controlled parts of syria they're saying there are 7 i mean 7 civilian deaths 2 of them children and 15 critical injuries so far as

a result of what of the turkish assault on the area but an area of course of syria is the largest way of syria that remains out of the control of assad forces for the moment so and indeed a real questions being asked about kurdish security as well as concern about those that they have in detention primarily i saw fighters and their families. well that was always one of the biggest concerns in the biggest warnings that the syrian kurds had to give to the international community there are some 2000 isel fighters being held in detention centers in syrian controlled parts of kurdish controlled parts of syria the syrian kurds have said that look if we are forced to go to the front lines it might not be as easy for us to main secure to maintain security around those prisons they have saying that in fact warm prison near commission.