y.p. militia and syria has also reiterated demands that the us pull troops as if the key northern syrian. 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

y.p. militia in northern syria has also drawn protests in neighboring lebanon. the turkish embassy was the target of the protest in beirut while the battle with guns and tanks goes into its second week in northern syria the kurds have now stars of the campaign to win hearts and minds in other parts of the world. but street protests song going to stop turkish president. he's announced his forces will now push further east to a town called man beach no one should take issue with this because the real owners of man beach aren't these terrorists there are arab brothers there. afterwards we will continue to fight up to the iraqi border until no terrorist is left. other one threat to attack the entire kurdish controlled area of syria is in direct contradiction of the interest of his nato ally the united states just hours before a senior white house adviser had called on everyone to take his troops and all armed fighters out of the conflict he appealed to or want to focus on the longer term strategic goals of ending violence in syria but the turkish president seems to

y.p. militia and syria has also reiterated demands that the us pull troops out of the key northern syrian town of mon bitch turkish and y p g forces clashed again on saturday 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 afrin region in this video kurdish fighters target turkish helicopters with small arms fire activists say turkey is making slow progress on the ground. president wretched type added one ready to supporters just over a week into the campaign he claims turkey has inflicted heavy casualties on the chinese. three hundred ninety four terrorists have been neutralized oh. and we have twenty martyrs from the free syrian army and our military the lives. of. the figures are disputed and cannot be verified independently turkey took journalists close to the front line in syria on saturday here will issue watch over territory they've controlled for the past two years overlooked by y p g positions on a nearby hill turkish artillery contin

y.p. militia that is controlling as you said a friend in another district in north in syria called a monday which excuse me this is the local prayer call you might be hearing i hope you still will understand me the threat might also be directed towards the u.s. led coalition against the so-called islamic state because that could wish and has recently announced a plan to establish a thirty thousand men strong border security force and that food would mainly consist of kurdish fighters kurdish fighters the turkish government considers as terrorists you it tells more about the why p.g. that you mentioned who is this group and why has this been blacklisted as a terror organization. well they are a secular western friendly group that has been fighting jihadists inside syria long before actually the islamic state and to the scene and in the past years they have been proven the only maybe the only effective local proxy against islamic state fighters so they were backed by the us led coalition against isis but the text government as you said considers them a terrorist group with close links to the

y.p. militia. plans to return refugees from bangladesh to me and my are in doubt after falling out between a u.s. diplomat and me in mars government bill richardson said he resigned from an advisory role on the crisis after a heated exchange with leader and son suchi all remaining members of the usa gymnastics board have agreed to step down after former team doctor larry nasser was jailed for sexually abusing female athletes the athletic director at michigan state university where nasa worked also resigned the university is now the focus of a federal investigation the u.n. says at least thirty refugees and migrants fleeing the war in yemen have drowned near the city of aden since the boat carrying somalis an ethiopian capsized when people smugglers on board opened fire donald trump has told the world economic forum that the u.s. will not turn a blind eye to unfair trade practices those are the headlines the news will continue after risking it all. it's the school election and the candidates are pul

y.p. g. militia turkey is dead set against that plan. turkey has run out of patience. no one should think will sit idly by to watch events unfold he. turkey's government wants to prevent a kurdish zone of influence at any cost from northern iraq to the turkish syrian border which it believes kurdish militias would use to attack turkey turkey's attack on white g. forces and affray in looks to achieve that goal. the campaign is turkey's next round in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the us turkey's nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. not some of the other stories making news around the world egypt's president abdel fatah assisi says he will run for a second term in march elections he's being challenged by saudi and on the country's former armed forces chief anon has called upon state institutions to remain neutral in the campaign. the operator of japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant says it has captured images of what's likely to be melted fuel inside one of the damaged reactors

y.p. g. militia turkey is dead set against that plan. turkey has run out of patience. no one should think will sit idly by to watch events unfold he. turkey's government wants to prevent a kurdish zone of influence at any cost from northern iraq to the turkish syrian border which it believes kurdish militias would use to attack turkey turkey's attack on the g. forces an african looks to achieve that goal. the campaign is turkey's next round in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the us turkey's nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. we're going to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world veteran irish politician gerry adams has handed over the leadership of the nationalists in fame party to mary lou. adams led the party for thirty four years and was known around the world is the political face of the irish republican movement which renounced violence back. in two thousand and five. the family of u.s. rock star tom petty says the musician died of what they're d

y.p. g. militia turkey is dead set against that plan. turkey has run out of patience. no one should think will sit idly by to watch events unfold. turkey's government wants to prevent a kurdish zone of influence at any cost from northern iraq to the turkish syrian border which it believes kurdish militias would use to attack turkey turkey's attack on white g. forces an app for a move to achieve that goal. the campaign is turkey's next round in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the u.s. turkey's nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. ok time now to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the wilds thai police have arrested a suspected kingpin asians in the trade in detention species its name has been shy back he allegedly ran a launch trafficking network that smuggled parts to chinese and vietnamese tailless he was arrested on friday in connection with the smuggling of fourteen rhino horns wealth and one million u.s. dollars. the operator of japan's crippled fukushima

militias in northern syria. the turkish army and syrian rebel fighters crossed into the turkish enclave of. all in northern syria on saturday is controlled by the kurdish y.p. genie militia which has been a key u.s. ally in the fight against i asked what turkey sees the b.g. as a terror organization and has urged the u.s. to stall backing the turkey's president. there will be no letting up until the job is done operation olive branch is anything but a peace offering following as strikes the takesh military with the support of its regional allies is marching across the border into northern syria techies president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against the syrian kurdish militia which he considers a terrorist group. will handle there's no stepping back we have an agreement with our russian friends and i've also discussed it with the u.s. and other coalition forces. amidst the attacks russia has pulled back its ground troops from the region to avoid accidental clashes experts say taqiyya looking to russia for the supposed. this is inevitably going to mean more close cooperation with russia for turkey and a logical outcome of this is probably russians thr

y.p. g. militia which has been the key u.s. ally in the fight against. mathilde he sees the white b.g. as a terrorist organization and this is the u.s. to stop backing them. operation all of branches anything but a peace offering following airstrikes the turkish military with the support of regional allies is marching across the border into northern syria turkey's president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against the syrian kurdish y p g a militia which he considers a terrorist group. will handle a free and there's no stepping back we have an agreement with our russian friends kind of also discussed it with the u.s. and other coalition forces. amidst the attacks russia has pulled back its ground troops from the region to avoid accidental clashes experts say turkey is looking to russia for further support. this is inevitably going to mean more close cooperation with russia for turkey and a logical outcome of this is probably russians threatening to pull turkey. off the western alliance three thing is it clink the u.s. position meanwhile remains ambiguous having backed the kurdish y

y.p. gene militia from the african region the white pitching is a key part of the s.d.f. group which is backed by the us dozens of people have died in the fighting each side says it's killed hundreds of enemy fighters. will continue to all branch operation which is on its seventh day today until we reach all of our targets after this will cleanse man bids from the terrorists as it has been promised to us nobody should be bothered by this because the real owner of members is not those terrorists but the arab brothers they're after this we'll continue our fight until no terrorist is left. stephanie has been inside syria she sent us this from just east of frayne. we're in the syrian city. this is an area that is part of sort of talking eastern with their operation but you know you can feed life is pretty much normal here or was a lot of children in these areas were in the turkish press tour so to speak they're very keen to show us their operations here what is striking is the influence and the presence turkey also when it comes to its military now the f.s.a. the free syrian

opposition rebels who have moved into this on tape isn't on tape that is controlled by the kurdish militia y.p. g from the ground we're also hearing that the free syrian army has been arriving in buses as well as in trucks that have been fitted out with machine guns we are receiving reports in terms of the civilian situation there and they we're hearing their people have been ordered to retreat into their homes and into shelters but there are reports coming through of people who have been wounded and injured and who are being taken to the local hospital now all of this. follows threats over the last few days by the type of president the one that he was going to launch a ground offensive into africa it was really just a question of when and he said that this was really the only answer to root out what he has called terrorist elements there take a listen throughout the hour for an operation has a factory been started on the ground this will be followed by a man by the promises of not so nobody has a right to say anything. now man is an area that is mostly arab it is waste of the euphrates and it

opposition rebels have moved into this enclave that isn't on tape that is controlled by kurdish militia y.p. g from the ground we're also hearing that the free syrian army has been arriving in buses as well as in trucks that have been fitted out with machine guns we are receiving reports in terms of the civilian situation there and they were hearing that people have been ordered to retreat into their homes and into shelters but there are reports coming through of people who have been wounded and injured and who are being taken to the local hospital now all of this follows threats over the last few days by the turkish president the one that he was going to launch a ground offensive into africa was really just a question of when and he said that this was really the only answer to root out what he has called terrorist elements there take a listen. for an operation has a factory been started on the ground this will be followed by. the promises of not so nobody has a right to say anything. now man bridge is an area that is mostly arab it is waste of the euphrates and it is the next step in terms

yes we have received the confirmation that turkey has launched new strikes against the kurdish militia the y.p. in northern syria and now we are hearing from the turkish army that they hit in what they say is legitimate self defense against the camps and places of refuge belonging to the y p g they said that this was in response to a fire that was coming from the athlon region which is an area that is essentially controlled by the white that the turks believe is connected to the p.k. k. and as such with god as a terrorist organization we saw similar such strikes on friday or this comes amid mounting expectations that ankara will launch a cross border ground offensive now we have been hearing from the turkish president and the one repeatedly over the past few days that he will launch a ground operation and this will be an operation that will see the turkish army join forces with pro turkish syrian rebels with an attempt of ousting from this area this afternoon region the white could issue a militia this is what everyone had to say. all throughout the hour for an operation has a factory been sta

quite some time it comes amid new strikes launched by the turkish military against the kurdish militia the y.p. in northern syria what we're hearing from the turkish military is they hit in legitimate self-defense and number of refugee centers as well as camps belonging to the y t g now they want p.g. controls the afrin area in northern syria the turkish government considers the wikipedia as having an alliance with the p k k who they say are a terrorist organization since last week we have been hearing and career threatening that it's going to launch this operation in the afghan area particularly off to the united states issued a statement saying that it was going to train as well as implement a border protection force that would see the syrian democratic forces involved now the u.s. 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 th

opposition rebels who have moved into this enclave not isn't on tape that is controlled by the kurdish militia the y.p. g. from the ground we're also hearing that the free syrian army has been arriving in buses as well as in trucks that have been fitted out with machine guns we are receiving reports in terms of the civilian situation there and they we're hearing that people have been ordered to retreat into their homes and into shelters but there are reports coming through of people who have been wounded and injured and who are being taken to the local hospital now all of this follows threats over the last few days by the turkish president the one that he was going to launch a ground offensive into africa was really just a question of when and he said that this was really the only answer to root out what he has called terrorist elements there take a listen throughout the hour for an operation has a factory been started on the ground this will be followed by. the promises of not so nobody has a right to say anything. now man but it is an area that is mostly arab it is waste of the euphrates and it is t

y.p. greenmail why p.g. militia now that's a group of fighters backed by their fellow nato ally the united states stephanie decker and hard cameraman jamil basso have this insight from the city of. as we enter syria it is the free syrian army flag that flies high here we're on a media trip into as as organized by the turkish authorities they take us close to where there's been fighting with the kurdish armed group turkey calls a terrorist organization turkish forces are trying to push it out of the region about the front line is just a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the free syrian army are taking part you know i'm not sure that you will see one of the f.s.a. fighters why he is involved in turkey's operation for some it seems it's personal. we're fighting the white b.g. because they betrayed us and especially because they took over my city. i've been displaced along with many of my neighbors for two years living in the camps there are such bad conditions especially now in the winter. what our ta

y.p. g m a in the kurdish militia backed by washington the group controls the afrin region ankara sees it as the syrian arm of the kurdistan workers' party or p.k. k. which it considers a terror group a the turkish military has been locked in a bloody conflict with the p k k for decades last weekend 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 offici

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 to rebuild it themselves. and it. is the first to do. something to hold this little book loaded to the open part of the people the people at the buffalo good looking. little load up on us into a half to

have been supplying weapons to terrorists and here of course he's referencing the kurdish militia known as the y.p. g france is calling for an urgent united nations security council meeting while at the same time germany has expressed that it is extremely concerned with these developments particularly saying that the culture latest risks that could result from this confrontation between turkey and the kurds is something that might mount at the same time we are hearing from the turkish foreign minister who says that anyone who does not support of turkey's actions in the acid region essentially is siding with the terrorists and will be dealt with accordingly so what we see is some pretty harsh rhetoric coming from ankara particularly towards its allies essentially saying that it will not sit back while they get involved in warning them that they could potentially take further action right in the turkish city of istanbul protesters could be seen demonstrating against the military operation targeting kurdish forces in northern syria. was was was but they were met by a heavy police presence according t

have been supplying weapons to terrorists and here of course he's referencing the kurdish militia known as the y.p. g france is calling for an urgent united nations security council meeting while at the same time germany has expressed that it is extremely concerned with these developments particularly saying that the culture latest risks that could result from this confrontation between turkey and the kurds is something that might mount at the same time we are hearing from the turkish foreign minister who says that anyone who does not support or took his actions in the acid region essentially is siding with the terrorists and will be dealt with accordingly so what we see is some pretty harsh rhetoric coming from ankara particularly towards its allies essentially saying that it will not sit back while they get involved in warning them that they could potentially take further action. turkey's military action against the kurds in syria triggered protests across europe and people took to the streets in a number of capitals to denounce the incursion and demand it be escalation of the crisis of course w

have been supplying weapons to terrorists and here of course he's referencing the kurdish militia known as the y.p. g france is calling for an urgent united nations security council meeting while at the same time germany has expressed that it is extremely concerned with these developments particularly saying that the cultivated risks that could result from this confrontation between turkey and the kurds is something that might mount at the same time we are hearing from the turkish foreign minister who says that anyone who does not support or took his actions in the african region essentially is siding with the terrorists and will be dealt with accordingly so what we see is some pretty harsh rhetoric coming from ankara particularly towards its allies essentially saying that it will not sit back while they get involved in warning them that they could potentially take further action. turkey's military action against the kurds in syria triggered protests across europe people took it to the streets in a number of capitals to denounce the incursion and demand deescalation of the crisis we will be follow

different strategic goals especially when it comes to the role of the y p g militia as you rightly mentioned the u.s. 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 wife 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. well here in germany social democrat leader martin scholz has started his push to persuade party delegates to support talks on forming a new government with americans conservatives on sunday delegates will vote on whether those talks should go ahead many in the s.p.d. oppose another grand coalition and want more concessions from the conservatives. north and south korea have begun talks on next month's winter olympics delegations from both sides met in the border truce village of pan job the nort

militia as you rightly mentioned the u.s. 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

y.p. g a terrorist group but the militia has played a prominent role in u.s. led efforts to combat i.c.l. 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 ship duty. coming up next risking it all this edition focuses on pakistan i have more news for you in about twenty five minutes trying to get. i've.

y.p. g. a terrorist group but the militia has played a prominent role in the u.s. led efforts to combat eisel in syria. a fire in a hospital in south korea has killed at least thirty seven people including patients and nurses in an intensive care unit far fighters in the southern city of mini on managed to rescue dozens of others trapped by the flames and investigation is now on the way those are top stories you are firmly out today of course you can head to our web site to be deadly deadly built al-jazeera dot com in the meantime the wind continues that see the top of the hour. well in one of the most. remarkable mining mind that's the tunnel song. which is. a hummer saab one of saddam drawn a father not mine. but of. mine got a. good one about the. farm on about hockey and. i will ross i want to. read it only meant that indeed. they did. not mind. it was the last. place i only. stayed in the. you know for. you know looking. for you. that would make. them. more than. good honest and not listen to no we're not all going we'll be. told me to look at those american o

militias that have played a key role in helping us backed forces against the so court islamic state the turkish government courts the y.p. g terrorists. the shuttered turn of yielded us evidence of the force that turkey has brought to bear enough turkey's government is determined to press on with operation all of branch which to them has been a success so far. the operation will continue until the threat has removed. a little but the kurdish y p g wants the world to know that they would surrender the enclave without a fight. we will resist and will not allow the enemy to invade our land to the last drop of blood we have we will never retreat from here. those appear to be no idle words missiles fired from y p g controlled territory crashed into this mosque in the turkish border toad of kilis causing fatalities and panic as worshippers try to free the wounded from the rubble. the death toll rises on both sides but turkish president rich one says he will expand the offensive eastwards. u.s. troops stationed in northern syria might soon find themselves caught between kurds and turks each ally determined to banish the other

y.p. get its guns. tapered on couldn't care less why washington's been helping the kurds to destroy eisel for this man the kurdish militias are no better than terrorists that explains his latest messages to america the us is in the process of creating the terror army. we have to do this in the but america do not encroach on the borders do not provoke us and we will run out of patience does anyone from the us government have anything to say we urge turkey to exercise restraint in its military actions in rhetoric ensure that its operations are limited in scope and duration some very restrained council there to be restrained think about it mr aired on rants that america u.s. officials don't hit back turkey rolls up the tanks flies out the more play sends soldiers over the border washington basically keep stop after all this isn't about kim who's sly the squeak makes donald trump for one war so perhaps the turks and the kurds have succeeded and one thing together were juicing america to baffled silence. shortly after u.s. military officials announced very intention to create a thirty thousand strong border force washington th

y.p. g. forces the people's protection units of the kurdish militia from anywhere nearby the turkish border on the syrian side but their long term goal is unknown and it's a little big as to why they've launched this operation it came after the united states the trump administration announced that it wanted to establish its thirty thousand strong police force that would be armed and equipped by the united states and it seems possible that this is turkey's way of pressuring the united states the same what do you make of the u.s. is reaction so far to what is going on and often just a couple of hours ago the u.s. secular state rex tillerson said that they're aiming to work with turkey to address its legitimate security concerns what does that tell you about the approach that the united states is planning to take if there is a an approach at all well tillerson also said that he hoped that the turkish operation and freeing would be limited and wouldn't harm civilians. the united states is not willing to back down from its alliance with the syrian kurds who were the only ground force that was able

syria on saturday here militia watch over territory they've controlled for the past two years overlooked by y p g positions on a nearby hill. turkish artillery continues to shell y.p. g. forces with support from the turkish air force more and more turkish tanks are heading into the region as the offensive enters its second week turkey looks set for the long haul. here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world in yemen separatists in the southern port city of auburn have seized government buildings after fierce clashes on sunday with the forces of president after a green monster hobby dozens of people have been reported killed or injured in his prime minister accuse the separatists of melting a coup. or being as the temporary government base the rebels controlling the capital sanaa. afghan officials say the death toll from saturday's bomb attack in kabul could rise more than one hundred people have been reported killed so far at least two hundred thirty five were injured some of them are in critical condition the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. during president front five myra's praised jordan for taking in hundr

militia group. turkish media report that fighting between the the turkish army and its allies is intensifying in the direction of freeing. turkey claims a threat is growing at its. i cry considers the y.p. g. to be the syrian faction of the p.k. k. which sees as a terror group reacting to attack u.s. military attacks in recent days has shelled texas border towns claiming civilian lives while many techs were you for it at the start the mill changed. neither for soldiers nor. for civilians must not have been quoted both sides of the border fear what operationalise branch could still bring. in jones is in istanbul and joins me now from there through the turkish president has spoken out saying that he's ready to target syria's model bridge means the region 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 for 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 starte