and mr barzani, president barzani, is a close ally to turkey. attacking him and preventing him? he is not the pkk. he is against the pkk. he is a close ally and he's working with turkey and relying on turkey's economy so that means turkey is not genuine. it doesn't necessarily mean that, it means that turkey and iraq may be different. let's be clear at this point, clearly, we kurds, pyd and all the kurdish political movement, in syria, we are a syrian, we have our own relationship, we have equal relationship with kdp, kurdish regional government, we have the same kurdish talibani and barzani and we consider all of the other kurdish political parties and different parts of iraq, iran, turkey, as kurdish movements. mr semo, here are some facts. the facts are that the ypg that is the military wing of your own party, the ypg group inside kurdish syria has in the past unfurled banners and posters during its operations, abdullah 0calan, the imprisoned founder of the pkk. here is another fact, of the director of national intelligence in the united stat

kurdish administered iraq in solidarity with what's happening in northeastern syria without massoud barzani the president of the kurdish democratic party and one of the former presidents of the kurdish region of iraq he tweeted after the turkish assault started that day present some please know the people of kurdistan have always pursued that just writes he said the peshmerga have defeated isis and now an effective part of the coalition against terror the blood of the kurds is far more valuable than money and weapons and of course $1.00 of the concerns here is one of the is from one of the warnings being given by the s.d. at that in the chaos of the fighting in northeast and syria then there is a risk that i still prisoners is about 2000 of them into in kurdish 210000 detention centers in northeastern iraq there's a risk they called break out there's a fears that some of them may be able to cross the border into iraq and that is one of the fears of the s.d.f. has been warning its international. audiences about this risk of isel fighters escaping so close to burn it of course we'll follow ev

and they had a lot of support on capitol hill, men like barzani would come to washington, go to all theanks. they had a lot of hooks -- howard: now. >> look, a similar thing was happening in northeastern syria. it was pacified. it was operative. schools were opening. people were eating three meals a day. howard: right. >> so kicking down this house of cards, no. the situation in syria could not have gone on forever the way it was two weeks ago, but this ending was not what anybody on either side of the foreign policy establishment -- howard: and briefly, cheryl, i mean, what gets far less anticipation from the media is that donald trump ran against endless wars. he doesn't want american troops in turkey or other places. and that's a popular stance with americans. >> i think it is. you're hearing from, as we pointed out, a lot of establishment figures. sometimes it's not a whole lot of difference on some issues between republicans and democrats when you're talking about establishment figures, and there's also not a lot of context given to the notion that in some instances, maybe not a lo

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

reports of the escape of isis detainees in northern syria, i was in irbil iraq met with president barzaniere trying to encourage obama administration to directly armu kurds in counter isis fight with united states they were loyal allies deserve our support i am sympathetic to the president want to go bring the troops home, and the american people want that as well. i think the key is the conditions under when we withdraw groops i think the concern in congress was the timing was bad in terms of not did he terg incursion from turkey this poses security challenges for united states allies in the region particularly when you consider, the possibility that resurgence of isis the possible of growing russian influence in the region a potential corridor through would iran could resupply to attack israel there are major national security challenges i spoke with secretary of defense the other night encouraged the administration to let intelligence on the ground really animate the policy here. dagen: it is dagen mcdowell two days ago president trump said in a statement that those the 1,000 u.s. troo