stories that are shaping the world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. what's at stake for the kurds in syria turkey considers a kurdish led syrian democratic forces as to its security and wants to establish a border buffer zone the u.s. backs the kurdish fighters and says it wants to prevent a turkish offensive against the can the nato allies bridge their differences over the this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. turkey's president has blond he's lost his patience with the united states over the establishment of a safe zone in northern ne syria and was off by a battle and says he will always out an offensive against the kurdish led syrian democratic forces the turks consider the u.s. backed s.d.f. a terrorist organization and wants to protect its border with