turkish and y.p. g. forces cast again on saturday as i'm pushes ahead with a military operation aimed at clearing the kurdish militia from the turkish border area. kurdish and other activists say saturday's fighting concentrated in the northwest of the african region and this video kurdish fighters target turkish other cultures with small arms fire activists say turkey is making slow progress on the ground. president richard sipe rather one rather just supporters just over a week into the campaign he claims turkey has inflicted heavy casualties on its enemies. three hundred ninety four terrorists have been neutralized. and we have twenty martyrs from the free syrian army

think that to y.p. g. forces take a affiliated forces is an imminent threat for the security of turkey and is very firm on this issue with this rhetorical present and has been trying to emphasize underline this fact and there ma'am i have to say that. when taking into account the military situation on the ground it is very hard it's getting getting increasingly hard at the moment and wait no one taking into ankara's firm stance against by p.g. thinking that i suggest that the armed confrontation in the north of syria between turkish military or turkish military backed free syrian army forces and wipe the g. forces is imminent at the scale of these armed confrontation is however is not debt or mind by ankara neither on current nor why p.j. but is going to be decided on the on two capitals first one is must go the second one is d.c. and the ones are the ones concerns about why p.g.d. justified is it as much of a threat to turkey as a consensus it to be i have to say that. to an eighteen year two thousand and

backed if is aligned with the y.p. gene that he took so again so you understand why took you so angry over this whole issue but of course you also have the kurds in the afghan area who have taken to the streets in anger and frustration as well they have denounced the statements made by the turkish president and those sentiments were echoed in front of me to a cliche embassy in london where. around a hundred and fifty people gathered they were holding placards and they were chanting that the turkish government is a terrorist government that has links to islamic state on that whole issue of whether or not the americans have been helping to establish a border security for the company ministration has been backpedaling and the latest we've heard from the u.s. secretary of state makes to listen is that there was a misunderstanding over the whole issue but whether that is true or not the facts on the ground are that turkey has started its military operation. does not discuss situation further with the chinese toma dean of th

to be terrorists that shortly after his announcement the y.p. g. shelled as it is a city that is held by turkish backed forces there are already reports of turkish troop movements both along the northern syrian border and at the edge of y p g held territory while the move comes after reports that the u.s. coalition is planning to build a thirty thousand strong border security falls in northern syria and that would include the y b g the u.s. has previously supplied alms to kurdish fighters and turkey is condemning this move with president at a warning the u.s. not to interfere in its operations. in the coming days as we will continue the operation to purge our southern border from terror which the first step was taken with the euphrates shelled operation with the frame. is genuine in that we expect america to support turkey and its legitimate outlets we expect our friends to display not achieved a perfect system and this issue of survival let is so sensitive and so critical for our country during the african operation i hope these powers will not gi

military attacks in recent days the y.p. g. has shelled takesh border towns claiming civilian lives while many techs were you for it at the start the military's now changed. no war is easy neither for soldiers nor for civilians. both sides of the border fear what operational of branch could still burning. turkey's offensive in syria is having political repercussions here in berlin germany regularly sells weapons including tanks to its nato ally and those weapons are being used in the cross border offensive that some german lawmakers are calling illegal contracts to upgrade the tanks are being. relentless heavy shelling in northwest syria turkish forces step up their offensive known as operation olive branch. the prepared german made leopard tanks to roll into a free. the german government had recently considered reinforcing these against mines but that seems to be off the table no. units to avoid to talk i know that turkey is violating international law with its intervention in syria. it's absurd to think about upgrading these

considers the y.p. g. and essential if not the most important proxy in its war against islamic state jihad is inside syria while taki on the other hand thinks the y.p. g. is a terrorist organization with links to the turkey based p k k the kurdistan workers party that is fighting for independence and fighting the turkish army inside turkey so this is a very huge conflict i do not see any solution to this conflict so yes this is going to cause definitely much more tension. reporting for us from istanbul thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a french court has dismissed a case against soldiers who were charged with raping children in the central african republic soldiers tasked with keeping warring factions apart were accused of abusing the children at refugee camps the court found no evidence to support pressing charges the allegations were first published in britain's guardian newspaper. north and south korea have begun a second round of talks to hammer out the details fo

is backing the y.p. now is to one for military reasons to make sure there's a force fighting the groups that the u.s. most concerned about isis an al-qaeda there's always a bit of concern that the russians hearing government pro-rata is not that and two for if again we're going to this military slash political framework that was laid out in the opening question i think that the political objectives are united states are to make sure have some say in the peace process it's long as there's a u.s. backed force in syria then the russian syrian arraign in representatives involved in any kind of post conflict scenario in syria have to take the us into account the problem is that as as we know the turkish government is hypersensitive about they occurred in iraq and syria and possibly iran all that's happened is very high profile in recent years because of its own kurdish minority and the implications in terms that if they if the kurds gain autonomy in one of these countries then that's going to threaten turkish

border and could push all the way east to the iraqi frontier turkish offensive against the kurdish y.p. chief fighters in syria's african region is already strained ties with its nato ally the united states turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist group but the militia has played a prominent role in u.s. led efforts to combat i still in syria. the u.n. says at least thirty people drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of yemen this week appen shortly after the vessel left the port city of aden the u.n. says the boat was carrying people from somalia in ethiopia back to africa heading for djibouti. coming up next risking it all this edition focuses on pakistan are more news for you in about twenty five minutes showing you that. in these men they're extremely concerned that he stuck up an altitude of three thousand meters for half a day already in the snow as pomona really was a four legged animal gone amok you know. what they don't want to do is spend the night on the mountainside on the ari pos known to all as hell's road which is partially collapsed the drivers only solution is

the us announced it would set up a thirty thousand strong border force in northern syria led by the y.p. gee that angered turkish president right to type out the one who accused washington of planning to form a terror army he reiterated his criticism after the first raids that the name of this organization is kurdistan workers' party and the name of the organization in syria is why p.g. the kurdistan workers' party is on the terror list so the u.s. and the e.u. the organization it works with in syria is exactly the same. turkish prime minister banal a year older him said ground forces may be deployed across the border on sunday russia says it has withdrawn its troops from the region. afghan security forces have been battling a group of gunmen that stormed a luxury hotel in central kabul officials say the attackers entered the intercontinental hotel on saturday evening and began firing at guests residents and staff managed to flee others were trapped inside afghan media reporting several casualties officials say at least three of the four attackers have been killed the raid comes days af

leaving now we've heard this before from sources we've been speaking to from often saying that the y.p. d's afraid that turkey will completely flatten the city if there are no civilians we've been speaking to some people inside there is concern growing of course they say they still have food and water but of course this is a military offensive at the moment still along its borders but it is coming closer it's incredibly cold i didn't know there was quite heavy shelling we've just heard but it's incredibly cold here elizabeth and these people it's also been raining and there is no sun trying to dry their clothes that are out in the open and of course they're surrounded as you mentioned the border with turkey to the west and north is closed is closed to any for any syrian refugee who wants to leave so it does look like it is an incredibly difficult situation a lot of shelling going on now that we can hear for the civilians and how long do we expect the situation to long stephanie it is day five of this operation on the. it's very difficult to tell the y p g r a formidable fighting force

turkey's offensive against the y.p. the kurdish group it considers a terrorist organization is very visible here the so is also stirred nationalist fervor. was. lowered. and this is what that operation looks like inside syria turkey is backing free syrian army fighters and at the moment the main focus of pushing back from the border was the kurdish fighters say turkey's offensive has caused a billion casualties. targets why p.g. positions. but as is often the case in war facts can be hard to come to a turkey's leaders stress that this is only the beginning and they intend to clear the y.p. g. from its entire border area all the way to iraq but the y.p. g. in that area further east is supported by the united states and there are american bases and military personnel on the ground their relations between ankara and washington are already tense and just another example of how complicated syria's war has become. on the turkish syrian border. and a forty eight hour ceasefire and syria's rebel stronghold of east and the has e

party and its armed wing the y.p. the i.p.g. has been working with the u.s. in order to push ice a lot of syria not enough rain further east of the euphrates river in turkey seize the y.p. g. is an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the u.s. in europe considers a terrorist organization a free has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians the americans have never had a presence here unlike the other kurdish run area of syria but the russians do and i'm chris says it has every right to protect its borders and the timing is interesting it will let you know africa has been there for quite a long time and it's never through like you know was it a serious issue to threats or turkey but there are going to probably need is this kind of nationalistic. you know rhetoric and potentially use its military in order to be able to gain more. with the upcoming elections in in turkey so i think. you know set aside when it comes to actual interaction and into a friend tension

drove the fighters across the border into syria they will be part of a ground offensive against the y.p. ji the kurdish group turkey considers to be a terrorist organization it is also however the group the americans consider their best ally in fighting eisel the international dimensions are vast russia and now wants to pulled out a few hundred military personnel it had enough reason shortly after the campaign started and russia controls this airspace meaning turkey could not be flying their planes without russia's consent turkey says it is only targeting what it calls terrorists but there are already reports coming out of africa in that civilians have been affected it seems a serious seven year war is entering yet another phase stephanie decker of turkey syria border. meanwhile syrian state television says government forces have taken control of a rebel held air base in northwest syria who base an adlib province was captured by rebels in twenty fifteen the offensive as part of the government's ongoing efforts to regain control of the area. probably brandis himself the art of the deal p

turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist organization but fighters from the kurdish groups across syria make up the backbone of the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces crucial and the most effective in the battle against ancyl. this is said to be video gin that is an area close to the border with turkey that has been heavily targeted sources have told al-jazeera that most people in these areas have fled due to the heavy bombardment. and the u.n. estimates around fifteen thousand are now displaced inside the region of africa. we're also told there been civilian casualties after random shelling in turkey denies this and says it only targets why peachey positions turkey's offensive is now well into its second week the village with the smoke coming from it is inside syria now turkey has been shelling these border areas on a daily basis i was also supported on the ground by free syrian army fighters this is the syrian rebels that turkey supports and they have a presence here in turkey along the border. we spot a fe

that infuriated turkey which considers the y.p. g. to be an extension of the p.k. k. a kurdish group which turkey the us the european union deemed a terrorist organization. have never been for turkey six years ago after the syrian war. president put out a serious policy we can't go back to syria we came here and worked in farming with other refugees from the highest mountain from aleppo everyone wants peace in syria and africa because it's the civilians that get tom the most many kurds living in religious near the border avoid t.v. cameras some have relatives and a friend where military action is planned and the villagers may also need to seek safety if the fighting that start. the turkish military is massed on the border and ses it's ready to supply against the new border force which it sees as a direct threat at stake is the relationship of two nato countries seen. al-jazeera turkey syria border activists and monitors say the four deescalation zones set up by late last year by russia iran and turkey are doing nothing to stop the slaughter of civilians they were s

fighters in syria turkey is repairing a strike against the fighters which it calls terrorists the y.p g. forms part of the us backed syrian democratic forces and any attack is likely to center on the city of a friend. reports for turkey syria border. is one of many kurds whose grandparents left northern syria years ago but he still has family in africa which is close by on the syrian side of the border to maine and his relatives there are growing increasingly worried as turkey prepares for a minute through operation against you aspect kurdish why preview fighters. i'm no friend of the why they recruit young boys and girls that's why my brother in law's fled after and moved to stumble four years ago the weapons provided to those find his body u.s. scares me my village is the closest to offer and we don't feel at peace while our people have their. the wife is in control of the land just beyond us will the us reckons its fighters are key to wiping out i saw in syria that's infuriated turkey which considers the y.p. g. to be an extension of the p.k. k. a kurdish group which turkey the us

is a town still west of the euphrates colter controlled by the y.p. g. turkey always said it wanted the white p.g. to retreat to west of the your phrase that area is where the us has quite a lot of bases it's where it also supports the s.d.f. which has the white p.g. as its backbone that's the group of course that fights eisel so turkey will tell you that they want to move they remove the entire kurdish controlled border that the y. p.g. holds which goes all the way to iraq i think that is a massive statement it has massive international implications because of course what you're seeing here is now having for example two nato members turkey targeting the y.p. ji which is the best ally that the us has in its fight against isis that's the complication that syria will give you and we heard the presidential spokesman earlier telling us here at al-jazeera that turkey is doing its utmost to avoid civilian casualties yes there is going to be a real concern about the humanitarian situation in the in and questions over where the civilians will actually go. absolu

party and its armed wing the y.p. g the i.p.g. has been working with the us in order to push ice a lot of syria not enough rain further east of the euphrates river in turkey seize the y.p. g. is an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the u.s. in europe considers a terrorist organization a free has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians the americans have never had a presence here unlike the other kurdish run area of syria but the russians do and i'm chris says it has every right to protect its borders and the timing is interesting or the believe that if you will be able to eliminate the one. threats from that region. there once all is a border in. to undermine or cancel the kurdish autonomy in the future and in the north of syria there are upcoming talks in sochi at the end of the month russia has invited the kurds much to the annoyance of turkey it will let you know after him has been there for quite a long time as never thro

turkey considers the y.p.g a terrorist organization but fighters from the kurdish group across syria make up the backbone of the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces crucial and the most effective in the battle against ancyl and this is said to be video that is an area close to the border with turkey that has been heavily targeted sources have told al jazeera that most people in these areas have fled due to the heavy bombardment. and the u.n. estimates around fifteen thousand are now displaced inside the region about. we're also told there been civilian casualties after random shelling in turkey denies this and says it only targets white peachy positions turkey's offensive is now well into its second week the village with the smoke coming from it is inside syria now turkey has been shelling these border areas on a daily basis i was also supported on the ground by free syrian army fighters this is the syrian rebels that turkey supports and they have a presence here in turkey along the border. we spot a few free

kurdish group that is considered by turkey to be terrorists will shortly after his announcement the y.p. g. shelled as it is that's a city held by turkish backed forces there are already reports of turkey street movements both along the northern syrian border and at the edge of what p.g. held territory well the move comes after reports that the u.s. coalition is planning to assemble a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria and that could include the wife the u.s. has previously supplied arms to kurdish fighters so turkey is condemning that move with president ever one warning the u.s. not to interfere in turkey's operations. god willing in the coming days as we will continue the operation to purge our southern border from terror which the first step was taken with the euphrates shelled operation and no i was afraid. it's genuine and we expect the market to support turkey and its legitimate outlets we expect our friends to display an attitude to pathetic and this is sheer survival letter so sensitive and so critical for our country during the african operation i h

but some people will tell you that the y.p. g. doesn't want people to leave is refusing them to leave because they say they fear turkey will flatten the city if there are no civilians left again so it's very do you need to read between the lines when it comes to syria it is very much a propaganda war from every side you need to take everything with a pinch of salt the figures the death tolls what happens what is the facts on the ground because it's very difficult for journalists to operate inside but certainly it is an extremely difficult situation for the civilians this is a region that was rajni peaceful throughout this war what you're seeing now with eisel having been pushed out largely from syria is those power play of the international actors and you know there is the u.s. is best allies it's a very complicated situation you know have turkey bombing them so we have to see how it plays out it's day five as you mention and yes certainly the most concern there for the civilians and it will keep up with you for the moments like s

turkey says its armed forces and rebel allies are making advances in their offensive against kurdish y.p. g. forces in northern syria they say they've captured several villages in the are free region turkey wants to create a thirty kilometer deep buffer zone to protect its border from fighters in regards as terrorists stephanie decker has in antakya forests are on the turkey syria border it seems that it's it ebbs and flows as far as news about where the villages have been taken or not stephanie what more do we know about the situation . that's right we had two days ago the f.s.a. captured a village to the northwest about fifteen and then a day later the y p g took it back so it is a very fluid situation on the ground however we've just had the announcement that the free syrian army fighters these are of course the syrian rebels that turkey supports took a village a large village we can call that called how man now why is this important because it lies very close to the turkish border search close to where we are on the western front of africa and so that plays into sort of you know the

soldiers the y.p. g.s.a. with the video that we haven't been able to verify that it's blown up a turkish tank but it does show you that this is a battle that is well underway and as you mentioned the price the president here are doing just speaking saying it's going to be over very soon but this may well be a difficult fight of course we're getting a wire as well through from the turkish general staff saying those are most importance being given not to harm civilians during this operation called operation bridge stuff what more do we know really about casualties in the way people are potentially allowed to move out of the conflict areas. well the official casualty count from the y.p. g. sources as of this early this morning was six civilian killed and three y p g members killed we haven't been able to get a real update because the columns are so bad inside at the moment yes turkey is saying that it's only targeting the y. p.g. that it's not focusing on civilians but as we know when it comes to war and air str

see them as is syrian the more critic forces or the y.p. . force under s d f turks turks ration see them when they look at syria and the syrian kurdish forces they see them p.k. care and they are doing that their tarzan's of p.k. k. elements there even though they have not been attacking turkey on the turkish border there are still national security threat and prison are the ones arguing they have to go in and eliminate those elements i mean i guess a lot of it boils down to a basic disagreement on the nature of the why p.g. and the p y d which of course turkey sees as terrorist groups and the us and e.u. don't not for the syrian kurds anyway there's also been the escalating factor of rex tillerson tillerson the us secretary of state apparently talking about a border force thirty thousand strong on the turkey syria border which of course would have members of the y p g in it he seems to have backtracked i mean what do you make of that and that statement coming out of the border force you think that the u.s. is planning something similar and i

a threat and is valid to attack the city of afrin in northern syria afrin is a major stronghold of y.p. kurdish fighters turkey considers the y p g a terrorist group linked to kurdistan workers party or the p.k. k. fighters who have waged a long war against turkish dominance but in a hundred ports. turkish president today chip tayyip erdogan and using a party address to look staunch in the face of a u.s. backed couldst force on his southern border he promised to respond with a show of force saying tikki will launch its own military operation and the northern syrian city of buffeting not so still a lot of religion that just like we do not let the kurdistan workers party or p.k. open their eyes within our borders we are determined to vanquish them on the other side of fall border god willing in the coming days we will continue the operation to purge our southern border from terror. turkey has fought kiddish factions within its borders for more than thirty years and doesn't want to see the kurds gain power and neighboring syria the u.s. and the european union say the p.k. k. is a terror g

in europe consider a terrorist organization but the y.p. g. has been working with the u.s. to push ice a lot of syria not enough lean but further east of the euphrates river the americans have never had a presence in africa but the russians do and often has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians it will let you know africa has been there for quite a long time it's never through like you know was it a serious shortage or turkey but they are going to. probably need it this kind of nationalistic. you know. use its military in order to be able to gain more street. with the upcoming elections in turkey so i think that comes to. you know it's at the start when it comes to actual interaction and into a friend tensions have been stoked further in recent days by the u.s. announcement of a so-called border force which will be based east of the euphrates along the border with turkey and iraq and the wife will form it's fact. not to the. united states and he supports a terrorist organization the truth can this be acce

and this attack has already been threatened by anyone for about a week now saying that because the y.p. g. has an alliance with the p k k who turkey considers to be terrorists that this has been coming for a while now and he also promised aired on also promised that this is only the beginning of what's going to happen that his forces will continue on to man now man bridge is a nearby city that the turks have been calling on the kurdish forces to back off of for a while now and so everyone is saying that that's the next stage that we'll be seeing here and what may have been a factor in bringing this conflict to a head really is the fact that last week the u.s. coalition in syria announced that they would be working with syrian democratic forces to establish a new syrian border forces train and implement that in the area and the u.s. back is of course also aligned with the. game connected to p.k. k. which is. were all this problem is coming from and that announcement infuriated air to one who likened the attempt to the u.s. creating a terror army on turkey's border now after that the us

military attacks in recent days the y.p. g. has shelled texas border towns claiming civilian lives while many techs were you for it at the start the military's now changed. no war is easy neither for soldiers nor. for civilians you know what that must not have been quoted to you both sides of the border fear what operational of branch could still bring. is in istanbul and joins me now from there to the turkish president has spoken out saying that he is ready to target serious. what is the significance of this for the military operation. for the turkish forces they say it is key is part of their efforts to remove what they say is his tariff right on the southern border of syria but full nato it is a nightmare scenario because a large number of u.s. soldiers are believed to be deployed in mom bitch and this brings a threat of a confrontation between turkish forces and the united states although big he both started to pee prime minister of the ruling party said this played down those fears saying it was only a remote possibility i

would be working there and they are allied with the y.p. ji who is in turn allied with the p.k. k. who turkey considers to be a terrorist organization so through all that that's where turkey is the real issue is coming to a head and after they announce these border forces air to one was infuriated and like in the attempt to the u.s. creating a terror army on turkey's border now after that reaction from air to want us to try and backtrack a little bit with tillerson saying that the announcement was misconstrued of course not a terror army on turkey's border but that really didn't seem to appease anyone and that's where we are why we are here today obviously over the last year or so territory has been an international battleground but again it is sovereign territory this is a sensitive area what's the international reaction been to these offensive well everyone has been threatening this operation for about a week now but everyone does still seem pretty. offguard that he's actually gone through with it we heard about it yesterday from some of the actual army saying that they were taki

this is the group that turkey supports in side syria and the attack certainly seems well underway the y.p. gee this is the group in control of our fleeing that sure he considers a terrorist organization says there has already been civilian casualties it is going to be an incredibly difficult situation for the civilians u.s. government has shut down after the senate refused to pass a funding bill thousands of government employees are now off the job although essential services will continue president donald trump blamed the democrats for the deadlock branding them obstructionist losers moments marches are taking place across the u.s. on the anniversary of trump's first year in office organizers hope the rallies will promote women to engage in november's midterm elections and see more female candidates elected pope francis's lead mass on a beach in northern peru as a south american to a comes to an end more than one hundred people were killed by flooding last year in the area and the hopes expected to visit some of the worst affected areas. this in thailand have arrested the mentor is wildl

the complications when it comes to this war so yes this is what and growth would like to remove the y.p. g. from its entire border it has troops that it supports free syrian army in the middle but there's two to two swathes on each side of the border but i think once you start moving further east it's going to become a far more complicated as you say a lot of tough rhetoric coming from demonic looting a warning to proclaim opposition parties. not to protest is that some fair all concern in the country that they could be unrest as a result of this offensive. well the turkish government has always clamped down quite strongly on any sort of unrest in the kurdish areas in southeastern turkey we did hear from some people in for example in her which is a predominant kurdish area who are not happy with this operation but i think people are quite cautious to come out and protest in large numbers because they know what kind of response they will get often by the turkish military so people are not very willing to speak openly here when you speak to kurds about their feelings when it comes to this

been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack a free to rid of the y.p. g. kurdish fighters that i'm pro considers terrorists but they're also the u.s. is best ally on the ground in fighting isis regardless of international complications turkey is fully committed to this offensive we're in turkey's border with africa and throughout the day we've heard the sound of jets in the sky also intense artillery and machine gun fire outgoing from a turkish base behind that mountain although why p.g. are extremely well trained they know the terrain in turkey has superiority when it comes to the skies and that gives it a huge advantage. belligerence here heard the airstrikes late on saturday as turkey started its offensive and they are a little uneasy. or. here we are right next to the action with planes flying over our heads and there's a lot of shelling of course we are confident that at the end of the day anything can happen shells have already fallen in turkey so we are worried this could happen here. turkey says it will continue its operation until it's pushed

drove the fighters across the border into syria they will be part of a ground offensive against the y.p. ji the kurdish group turkey considers to be a terrorist organization it is also however the group the americans consider their best ally in fighting eisel the international dimensions are vast russia and now wants to pulled out a few hundred military personnel that had enough money in shortly after the campaign started and russia controls this airspace meaning turkey could not be flying their planes without russia's consent turkey says it is only targeting what it calls terrorists but there are already reports coming out of africa in that civilians have been affected it seems syria's seven year war is entering yet another phase another phase stephanie and no shortage of international actors involved. absolutely and we've known this throughout this conflict that really has increased you had negotiations ongoing between turkey and russia russia of course controls the air space. there is again it's a race that's happening the border just about kilometer from here but yes russia has give

drove the fighters across the border into syria they will be part of a ground offensive against the y.p. g. the kurdish group turkey considers to be a terrorist organization it is also however the group the americans consider their best ally in fighting eisel the international dimensions are vast russia and now wants to pulled out the few hundred military personnel that had enough money in shortly after the campaign started and russia controls this air space meaning turkey could not be flying their planes without russia's consent turkey says it is only targeting what it calls terrorists but there are already reports coming out of africa in that civilians have been affected it seems syria seven year war is entering yet another phase and stephanie how awesome billions being affected the y.p. g have said six people have died turkey is saying that they are terrorists are they able to us of billions able to leave offering. it's a very difficult situation and there's also a large number of internally displaced syrians who had to flee their homes from other areas inside syria because it has be

syria and he's pledged to attack the town of affray in the in the coming days it's controlled by the y.p. g a kurdish group considered to be considered by turkey to be terrorists shortly after his announcement why p.g. shelled aziz a city held by turkish backed forces now there are already reports of turkish troop movements along the northern syrian border and at the edge of the white peachey held territory now turkey has been angered by u.s. confirmation that it's helping syrian kurdish fighters set up a border force containing thirty thousand personnel marianna honda reports. turkish president today chip tayyip erdogan and using a party address to look staunch in the face of a u.s. specked could use force on his southern border he promised to respond with a show of force saying tikki will launch its own military operation and the northern syrian city of buffeting not so still a lot of religion that just like we do not let the kurdistan workers party or open their eyes within our borders we are determined to vanquish them on the other side of fall toward god willing in the coming days w

which supports the kurdish y.p. g. forces in that area as they battle eisel let's go live now to an attack here draw this all together with al-jazeera stephanie decker starting step with that cease fire in eastern guta is it holding. well as of now it's exactly twelve hours it came into effect at midnight local time it seems to be but again it's early days in age and there are some groups inside that rebel held area that are not signed up to this cease fire so i think you know regardless of what is agreed on politically thousands of kilometers away we need to see how things unfold on the ground the humanitarian situation inside this area is dire the u.n. says four hundred thousand people they say it's the case of worst malnutrition that is being suffered there in this war because the siege has been so intense so let's see how it unfolds these cease fires have happened before it goes to a relative period of calm and then the fighting starts again particular we've seen over the last two months or so bombardment from dama

is accused kurdish y.p. g. forces of using the mountain to fire shells across the border into the turkish town of killis elsewhere in syria eight people including a child of being killed in the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta despite a supposed cease fire there are reports of heavy fighting shelling and air raids in the area overnight. is the last remaining rebel stronghold in the capital. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been arrested along with more than one hundred eighty protesters an anti-government rallies across the country and i've only was detained while attending a demonstration he how to win in moscow the protest was in response to being barred from standing in the presidential election in march he's had refused to authorize the rally of hundreds of only supports us turned up. seven people have been found interesting to see a week after a ferry they were on disappeared navy pacific island nation of care about us they were found in a lifeboat by the new zealand air force on sunday a fren

syria it's all part of a military operation threatened against syrian kurdish fighters known as the y.p. jean were based in the town of a fleeing the army says a ground assault could happen soon. the lebanese army has found the bodies of nine syrian refugees they froze to death in a snowstorm trying to cross the border into lebanon soldiers are looking for others caught in the blizzard and u.s. vice president mike pence is on his way to the middle east for a three day trip to discuss moving the american embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital has provoked widespread international opposition. the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after witness statement that's what. yes yes yes yes. and she has not. used any. changed. to the or. something but i'm isn't much the actual possibility he was the one he was to the signature mogul probably i'm. just well i mean you watch the dross on mccartney has just what i mean he was no horse so watching the court missed him blubbering him and he has no asterisk i just saw. with supreme