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18. 30 g m t ah, well this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. this hour, at least 6 people have been killed in ukraine, is russia launched more air strikes? the city of love has been left without power neighboring, moldova, which is connected to the ukrainian power cred, says half of the country, doesn't have electricity after the strikes and ukraine. an explosion at abbas station and wisc jerusalem has killed at least one person, an injured several others. the 2nd explosion, 2 kilometers away injured, 3 people. israeli police say it was a joint coordinated attack officials and to keir say they have had nearly 500 kurdish targets in northern serious and sunday printed in 3 ship. it one has told parliament he is more determined than ever to secure the southern border. the defense ministry says at least $250.00 kurdish fighters have been killed. the

strikes follow last week's bombing and sample for which to keep blames the kurdish outlawed group. the p k. k to key is president says he'll order the military to conduct another ground operation. the syrian state media, i a power plant and how soccer has been disconnected from the grid. because of because of turkish, it strikes earlier, local media affiliated with the syrian democratic forces, said the turkish military has shells. more than 26 locations in the countryside. of aleppo near town. really fath poor weather is hampering rescue. if it's an indonesia, an earthquake struck with java province on monday, officials say at least $271.00. people dive on, the u. k. supreme court has ruled against scotland new bid for independence. the semi autonomous scottish government had asked the court to decide whether its parliament court hold a referendum without approval from the u. k. and for

a time will come when germany were beaten by japan may june and took the lead back to stick with them or i blew. gave japan a to one. when will earlier the run is up from the last go cut. maybe definitely because our campaign crow issue were held to school is true by morocco. of the news continues here after inside story up next. ah turkey says that it's more determined than ever to secure it's southern board up. the military has intensified airstrikes on kurdish fighters in northern syria and iraq. so what's caused this latest escalation and who are the main players?

this is inside story. ah, i welcome to the program. i'm adrian finnegan. tension has increased along turkey as border with northern syria. the turkish defense ministry says that its forces of hit the $500.00 targets in kurdish held areas since sunday. turkey is also reporting casualties among fighters from the s t f. the syrian democratic forces. the strikes follow a bombing in istanbul 10 days ago for which turkey blames the outlawed kurdish group. the p k. k. anchor a says that it's targeting bases in syria belonging to the y p g, a kurdish group with links to the p k. k. since 2016 turkish forces have conducted 3 ground operations to clear y p g fighters from northern syria. now the president

is promising to conduct another offensive see how the lay of film was over. i still know our peroration said planes, cannons and drones are only the beginning from hattie to her curry and our determination to secure all of our southern border with the faith thunder. so as to remove the possibility of attacking now, countries lands is stronger to day than ever before because his look at the areas of control. turkey is striking targets in the border area near manage, which is on the sd of control. the region in yellow freak syrian army fighters control the areas in green from where they support turkish military offensives. turkish syrian forces also control the purple parts here and the government of basha, our side has control over most of the country in red, although ice will fight as are still present in the desert in the east, out as the rest of them cos yellow as

a report now from the turkish border with syria to care continue to target the searing kurdish fighter group in northern syria through a white scale air campaign that was started on sunday morning. the decision to target the group came after the officials accused the y p g of planning and carrying out they stumbled bomb attack a one week before the white scale operation, a continued with shall legs are from the turkeys side as to what c y p g positions in northern syria and the y p g 's have been a challenge the turkish side as well. the y p g n o a p k k. a officers say that they're not targeting the civilian areas. however, civilian areas in southeast, in turkey, cities and rebel how the regions in northern syria have been targeted, resulting in civilian that turkish present ridge of tape are done well to clear his country's borders with syria, from what he calls terrorism. meaning that he wants to get the armed kurdish

fighter group out of this region to create a safe corridor. it is not only because anchor doesn't want neighbors or of i'm groups in its southern border, but also anchor wants to paved the way for the millions of syrian refugees. for the voluntary return back to their homes, sina castle al jazeera for inside story in killers. at turkish syria border crossing the s t f is on the alliance of local syrian opposition fighters founded by the u. s. in 2015. washington begun arming them shortly before an offensive to recapture the northern city of rocca from iso, it's made up of largely kurdish faces from the white p jeep. the s t f also includes arab tuchman at our 1000000 faces algebra concerns about us support, especially out of the group launched operations in arab majority areas of northeastern syria. ah,

so let's bring in, i guess, for today's discussion from oxford in the u. k, we joined by a gallup valet, a non resident senior fellow at the middle east council on global affairs here in doha is mac troops where a director of the golf study center console university. and from washington d. c. were joined by lawrence call, the former us assistant secretary of defense and senior fellow at the center for american progress. gentlemen, will welcome to you all call. it will start with you. what art turkey has intentions in northern syria? is it going to launch a ground attack? well, i think the intention is based on the what president is has been saying one thing about program use it. he did what he said, that when he does, his intention is clear in the to do and other military operations. first the air sprites. but i think the intention is to undertake and other general patients as well through the, the,

the goal for quite some times. but obviously the regional and international politics will define the nature and then the depth of any slides for patients because the us and russia are major in the all those titles the border. so therefore, for any ground invasions or any ground, oppressions for any girl or patients that us and the russian factors. when a teacher have it in the congregation. okay. much, i'm sorry. if turkey work to get a ground offensive in northern syria, would it be legal on international law? as you know, this is a conflict. and basically turkey has indicated many times that they, you know, it will not cut out any kind of that to stability regardless from what i think the issue here is about international law or not about how country

perceives what's happening. i think turkey is looking at what's happened in toxeme area and it's tumblewood 2 weeks ago as, as you know, crossing that headline and the, basically the p g r y, he's responsible and i think to try to send a clear message that, you know, this should not happen, and we are not allowed this to happen again. this happens as you know, in a, in a context where the whole issue, syria is be putting aside. because basically the most important declared. and here that talk about russia and, and, and iran, they have different issues that are busy and, and turkey does not want to be left alone with the crisis on their board. so that i think the turkish perception that the crisis is behind my, my backyard, and i cannot leave it without action. lawrence called,

how does washington view what president heard one says or threatening to do? well basically we do not agree with president erewhon that all of the cards are terrorist, not everybody in the y p j as part of the p k, k, the y p j who we're supporting to deal with isis. that's how we 1st got involved when the rockies asked us to come back after isis all was through the government after we had with, with withdrawn. and we also want to protect the rebels who applied against the sod . so we do not want to see turkey have a ground invasion here. we want to keep our good relations because there are very, very productive voice for us and dealing with poke no with this horrible war ukraine. kind of just does president good one care? what does ally the us thinks?

well, i think, i mean, i mean the chair what the us is, but in the end the decision would be made and obvious that there's a u. s. pressing will charging j major prices probably in the nations on one and other mistakes or freshman pay space most not forget to maintain that created a major storm in the u. s. mason ship, but at the most they will probably make a decision based on its own consideration and based on its concern. so yes, what is the fact that what russian problem i will say, the fact that is more important, that the us practice given the geographic location for which the charge is planning to undertake an operation. so i would say that what russia also cares is a major factor, but i think the church would be willing to have

a major presence in information with the us is the price $42.00 that were price comes to russia and iran, another actor in on the ground in syria in just a moment and also israel, which has an interest in what's going on. but lawrence, i mean, you, you wanted to come in that on, on that particular answer about whether president one particularly cares about what the us thinks about what's going on in his own backyard. no, i don't think he does because he has shown he can act independently of asi bought russian air to air defense missiles and even the war between azure bard, azure bies yard armenia. he didn't care what we thought. no, i think he sees this is an extra special threat, particularly after the november 13th bombing master of the wary. and what about the timing ed lawrence mentioned? the bombing it is the, is, is purely to do with the bombing in east amble. or is there more to this,

this president ottawa has, will have one eye on his hopes for reelection next year. is the president perhaps calculating that there's an opportunity here because his allies, his western allies, are distracted remember by what's going on a new crane. it is the trigger at the trigger. i mean, if you look at, in a wider context, you see that and recent monster brewery turkey is playing a major role in a major complex with what's happening in between russia and the crane. and actually turkey is becoming the main access point to russia, to the west, and actually the main communicator between the west and, and, and i'm asha, so i think a turkey is playing a major role now. and i think what happened in toxeme was triggering was a to that just to push for action for 4 months now. and the recent, i think,

18 months turkey was not happy of what happened the nurse if she had not have celiac and turkey is planning actually took, took but send back a number of her to see that are produced to, to the. and they wanted to make sure that not enough that of syria is a stable as secure. i think if these kinds of things will continue, i think it will be backfire on turkey. they will not be able to go on on that plan to return some of the syrians to their own on country. so in it, there are 2 things you have to consider when is the context was basically what's happened in when it comes to russia, crane and, and the role of turkey. and also to what happened inside inside turkey was related to returning students and the future the next year, and the election and turkey. and what's another place or go on is looking for a benefiting from all those opportunities and the direct them in a way that it d as bill he benefit from them then there. okay, can calipers and is it too cynical of me to to,

to say that will present another one has an eye on reelection next unit and it's, it's a predicted we had a tight race, of course, in an operational on the scale or on the board with foot with syria would, would do him good, wouldn't it electrically? no patient will certainly will strengthen the nation on these nation stealing in the country time when will government in call with addition to action parties. so you got yes, but that will that will serge popular lecture me. but i think if you look at the number of the previous operations, so i'm in 1819 and so the mentor oppression took place and there were both functions as well. true, but, but yes, i mean the oppression of such will probably probably will serve. also, electoral need to go well in the coming election. so it's called, what are the implications for, for the nato alliance of this?

well basically we also are concerned about iran's role and here we still haven't been able to get the nuclear talks back on track or ran, announced that it's come close out a 2nd sight now to getting a. 2 a nuclear weapon where concerned about russia was obviously what they're doing in ukraine. and basically we would like them to, you know, and this, and this har and this horrible horrible war where also concerned about stability in the, in the government, in iraq. i because of, if this thing gets out of hand in northern syria and the isis is able to reconstitute itself because nobody's paying attention to them that would obviously on the line, the government, iraq. so all of these things are interrelated. you've got russia who got turkey,

you've got syria, and don't forget, you still have the syrian civil war where russia is working with syria and iran to keep the sodden power, mockery of so wary after russia withdrew the bulk of its forces from syria. iran was the only pro i sad country to have a significant military presence in, in syria. israel is concerned about that as lawrence was just telling us. and it has continued to, to carry out air raids in syria. what are the implications of this a potential turkish ground offensive in northern syria then for both iran and the israel it's obvious the more the more of these kinds of operation continue. it means basically there is no light at the power. it comes to the future of syria basically can't come to like see that is becoming fresh. i the state is become the

really offense. tell the state actually where where many players are playing on the, on the, on the ground. and none of them is actually the government of syria. i mean, today, a major general here on was killed in damascus. and ronald susan is right of that. and this is an added to a number of those that are, these were killed in the last 57 years and syria through the israeli. so actually there is, there is an ongoing, i would say, a confrontation or actually war between iran and israel in syria on the land of cedar basically. and that is a major, i'll say, a major conflict between both sides, i think is lately never dreamed dream of it, because iran has been basically on the border with his right. and that's, that's an issue happen actually, because russia didn't offer israel. and that with the green light iranians

without any kind of regret. so basically what's happening now is complicating that it may complicate the relations between russia and iran and russia now in need for iran. then one side, the other side. it may improve the relation between russia and, and as well as been in and out, becoming as a prime minister or a but russia, the most pretty distracted with war in ukraine. much of if, if, if turkey did go into northern syria, i mean, how, how would russia react? would it, it would be very vocal about it very disapproving by me. this or in italy could do . absolutely. they have nothing actually to stop it. i think the other, i think the artist statement already the i'm not happy of this, but let's remember to the point i have a great already. i shall want to have a good time with turkey specially at the moment where turkey is securing a good communication line. between russia and the west, especially when it comes to the issue of energy and the, the, the, the hope that this kind of line will keep, will,

will continue as long as this conflict was going on at this, the minimum of the communication that russia have with international community calibrated how to syria and iran, and i suppose it iraq fit into to turkeys world view and its view of its own backyard. do you see a situation in which there could be any sort of reset in relation to reproach? what have you like between turkey and syria? what i think you, you actively important question what my you say at the brother regional level, when it comes to this mission with the growth offset and used to every set. and it is going to, you know, normal and vision to be the order of date. but when you come closer to home, meaning to get a policy or children's mission with sir. yeah. your walk and, and, and also towards the regional college job postings,

the skeletons or drugs. they just look at that one, the number of crisis geographic school was present in church. you run your mission, expanding from the south pole cousins all the way to see what the walking but more active from going from vision be concerned to gen iran. so in your walk you, you see multiple chrysler playing. one of them is a cherokee p j. k. dynamic than other ones are just one in competition taking place in iran that has implications on the druggist of broadening national focusing in iraq. but also we spoke the same in syria. so you had that on the one hand present on told me about normal vision with this region sort of potential even meeting with this and reduce that also to can large them that is coming as a result of the could be pushing the rush, pushing as well as well, but how we see the condition by an i'm in northern, northern syria. i think this contrasting image will be the joy to be for sometimes

. but i can the narrative, the new target, see a policy, it will be normalization and the condition with potential government one at the same time doubling 2 goals. one of them is tried to send back folders to what we just kind of the internal bacteria and checking on their mind and, and, and push back as much as the current project in syria. not the goal for school was he was telling us the us going to happy at the prospect of the turkish ship ground offensive in northern syria. not least because there are us forces operating on the, on the ground. how would the us pressure president or the one then not to go ahead with his plans? would it be done through diplomatic channels or given the turkeys economy is, is still in a, in a bit of a mess right now. i mean, you could introduce sanctions. do you think against turkey?

well, i think i could use everything that it has short of military force because it does not want to see turkish invasion of, of syria because that would create all kinds of, of problems. it could lead to a war between iran and syria. obviously, the israelis would get involved. the united states made a decision on that, the obama administration not to get involved in serious civil war. but if turkey does ahead and invades, there's going to be very hard for us to say out of it. and as you mentioned, we were to got american troops there. they're not getting involved in the civil war . they're still trying to deal with isis on the and the threats that to, to iraq. and as i mentioned before, we're hoping that turkey can play a constructive role and getting negotiations going over the ukranian not civil war . remember in july, even at the height of the ukranian war,

basically how russia in moscow had they had the charts in the syrians together to try and come up with some sort of solution what their position is, weaken because of what's happening in ukraine. and lawrence, i'm very brief on say, if you, if you would, as we said earlier, the s t f in alliance of local syrian opposition fighters founded by the u. s. does . does the us have any sympathy, a tool with turkey over the fact that it, but it's not happy with the s t f? does it understand it's beef? well, i think it does. it understands the problem, as my colleague pointed out with the syrian refugees. and that some parts of the up the, the out forces the y p g and that the p k. k. have done some terrible things with turkey. but by and large, the ones we're working with are not responsible for that. their main goal is to protect the courage in iraq, not to go into turkey and turkey lumps all of them together and the p k. k is not

the same as though the y p j. they have different goals, different tactics that they use, and different standards, much or wherever feeding. this is going to be that, but the, the last question he would about a minute and a half to it to answer here. one thing we haven't discussed, of course, is that these aren't empty tracts of land. we're talking about here with no one that fights us. i mean, people live in this area. and if there's a military offensive going on, despite all of the other things that are happening in that particular part of the world, people once again are going to suffer and are going to be displaced, where they're going to go. who's going to look after them? doesn't enter the human side of this and any conflict my, my, my expectation that turkey takes government is, but he says that the to that image and the prisons are the longest government. i think what has been done so far is

a message that they are determined to do think i'm not sure they have interest to escalate to have any kind of operation which may affect that image. i think they want to show the church people that they are determined are decisive. they will not allow people to employ or affect or threaten their security out there also they are, i think what it will be, what it any kind of action will lead to a bad impact of that. i mean that makes me feeling feel that. 3 any kind of partition it with me, i target i to a may attack specific targets, try to avoid a mass impact on and also keep it open. keep it open. i mean that there is no time limit for that. they may attack today. they make stop for one week and then target or the attack, so it will not be systematic in one time in one period. okay, just one, there we, we have to enter the music next. and as we know,

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