they are supporting bashar al-assad. the kurdish forces caught in between now with bashar al-assad.hey have lost the territories they have held. they are hoping for at on ami and they have been accusing turkey of committing crimes against civilians. major players faface-to-face alg that border. >> protests continue. a political solution needs to be found in the next few days and not weeks to avoid a complete economic collapse. the leadership accusing them of corruption. >> with one kick she became an icon. when she drop kick a bodyguard shooting protesters. it was caught on camera and shared across the country. >> i was not scared. we are dying. i got closer to him and said shoot me. it is not his right to carry weapons against us. walls of women have popped up across the country. knowing both sides are afraid to touch them. manyon maintains discriminator laws. lacks prosecution allows domestic violence to go unpunished. >> when it comes to organizational protesting for our rights, we have e independet women who live by themselves and work for themselves. work ine protesters shifts,

where do you stand with bashar al—assad? politically, do you accept him as the political... ntained? he is now your ally? no, no they are not our ally. we believe that bashar al—assad can no longer unite the country. but we are at the same time working together with our friends to reach a political settlement which should be the lasting one and the establishment of the constitutional committee is a very crucial step to that end and the first meeting will reconvene at the end of this month in geneva. therefore, we have no political relations with assad, but russia and iran are the guarantors of this regime, and we are the guarantors of the opposition. if there's any message, sometimes it goes through... but it's all very mixed now. the opposition to bashar al—assad in the case of the syrian kurds are now fighting alongside him against your troops. look, when it comes to ankara... the situation on the ground has been always very complicated. very complicated. ok, so... and those terrorist organisations like daesh and ypg, they fought each other but they sold weapons to each oth

allies, the syrian kurds, now striking deals with vladimir putin and bashar al assad as american troops pull out. the biggest concern right now. >>> also breaking overnight, new information about the woman shot and killed by police in her own home. >> put your hands up. show me your hands. >> what she was doing the moment police responded to the report of an open door in her house. >>> hotel collapse disaster. >> oh, my god. >> the urgent search in the heart of new orleans' french quarter. the new video of the rescues. engineers now being brought in. what we've learned overnight about that hotel. >>> plus, the school bell ringing later. one state makes the historic move requiring schools to push back the start of classes. million of children being allowed to sleep in. >>> and from the vertical car crash to the herd of moose at the mall to the dog missing for 12 years finally found, all the trending stories to start your monday. >>> good morning, america. i'm elizabeth hur in for janai norman. >> and i'm kenneth moton. we begin with the crisis in syria growing worse by the hour. one seni

iran also continues to support bashar al assad and fuel conflict in syria leading to the deaths of more than 600,000 people and the displacement of millions inside syria and in neighbors countries. this conflict is the humanitarian crisis created will reshape the middle east for decades to come.

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president trump is getting really great and that is that russian back to the troops of dictator bashar al assad have now arrived in northen in the north part of syria so what that means is that the influence of russia and the syrian dictator bashar al assad is being increased that is certainly news that nobody here in the united states really appreciates if you consider the amount of time and effort that the u.s. a push here into place to defeat isis and certainly it also shows this move to withdraw all the u.s. troops from that region were not really thought about well and there's no clear strategy also how to move forward w.'s all of us on that in washington thank you. as we heard in the report a little bit earlier the european union has condemned chickies offensive in syria e.u. foreign ministers meeting in luxembourg have agreed to restrict the delivery of arms to turkey they didn't agree on sanctions against ankara. max hoffman covered those talks a lot some bug and he sent us a summary that you foreign minister of could have started down the path of economic sanctions against turkey they

kurdish let forces that have officially turned to the syrian regime for military assistance of bashar al assad has been sending units off troops to parts of northeast in syria yesterday for the 1st time in years because the because that had officially trucked of damascus rule in 20121 year after the war started and assad's forces had withdrawn from the area and now they are returning and they are facing the turkish armed forces that along a new front line and this is essentially a victory for bashar al assad and his most powerful ally russia because it means they're gaining a foothold in an area that was beyond their control for many years ok now to contain the situation where you are the united states has imposed sanctions vice president on his way to the region can this type of american pressure president. the troops. well it's definitely a lot of pressure but president seems to be determined to go a have without this so peroration no matter what but it's safe to assume that any kind of sanctions there from the u.s. will further head an already weak turkish economy an economy that has not fu

as their ally so they turn to syrian dictator bashar al assad who is moving his troops north towards the turkish border now we have the latest footage taken here from turkey looking across into syria or turkish shelling of russell i continued this morning at least 160000 civilians are believed to have fled the fighting in the border area and they have had a deeper into syria bought. opposition to turkey's assault is growing u.s. president trump is imposing economic sanctions to pressure turkey to stop the offensive and the sending vice president mike pence to ankara to try to broker a cease fire this is what pans out to say about washington say the president's objective here is very clear that the sanctions that were announced today will continue. and will worsen unless and until turkey. embraces an immediate cease fire stops the violence and agrees to negotiate a long term settlement of the issues along the border between turkey and syria but let's go right to do that you correspondent yulia han she is not on the turkish side of the border for us hi yulia good to see you the u.s. is

kurds who have controlled this area until now the kurds reached out to the regime of president bashar al assad to fend off a turkish invasion turkish backed forces have been advancing into kurdish held areas in syria they are preparing to take the strategic town of money. now syrian state television says that syrian troops have arrived in monbiot ready to defend it . our let's get the latest now from our correspondent dorian jones you standing by for us in istanbul good evening to you dorian so what are you hearing from beach well like you said the syrian state media have confirmed the syrian forces have entered and this is part of the deal with the syrian kurds whereby towns and cities under they control would be opened up to the syrian regime forces the same time we getting unconfirmed reports that there have been some clashes on the outskirts the city of syrian rebels that up backed by the turkish turkish forces earlier today president one said that beach would be the next target of the turkish forces in this ongoing operation why mom bitch because mum but she says he is among the most impo

cruelly poor syrian people yes i mean the battle for syria is decided i would argue you know bashar al assad the syrian president won the war militarily with the help of blood. he has militarily won the war he is regaining control of the last remaining regions which is to the west with military force with the support of the russian air force basically and the north east which she will go back to smoothly and by doing so destroying kurdish autonomy so it's decided to this extent and very important is the big guy who holds all the strings in the bank all industries pulling the strings and he does so very cleverly because now he gave out a once to some extent what she wanted an area inside syria to resettle syrian refugees to control it to maybe build some kind of other talk of protectorate and giving the whole northeast back to bashar assad is just lined out but the problem of let me put it is the following he kept assad in power but he has not the financial means to stabilize this regime so this is why he needs something that looks like a political solution to make the west pay for reconstruc

thousands of people have died at the hands of bashar al assad. s now handing the keys back over to bashar al assad. >> absolutely. i would put that much higher. half a million people are dead since 2011. most of them, women, children, civilians. there's been chemical attacks. assad has launched chemical attacks against his own people. we did nothing. we left a vacuum. also, right now, as we speak. i mean, the war's been going on eight years and suddenly we're sitting up saying what's going on in syria? if the alliance with the kurds and assad does continue and push in the right way, they'll no doubt go for the last opposition stronghold. there's 3 million people inside. there is that to worry about. there's also the humanitarian situation on the ground right now. people are fleeing in all different directions. they don't know where to go in northeast syria. should they go towards hasaka? they don't know. we think that there is about 179,000 people on the run in only a week, which is very high number, displaced. we're looking at possible ethnic eng

and russia what have i been saying to turkey's invasion plans well we have a reaction now by bashar al assad's regime in syria the foreign ministry that says and i'm quoting them they are determined to thwart turkish aggression by all legitimate means so no good news there they're probably also coordinating their reaction with russia and iran both allies of bashar al assad the iranians the iranian president has been very clear about this he says turkey is right to worry about border security but he also urged to show restraint and not to go had with a military action in within syria your reporting for us in istanbul thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world german police continue to hunt for clues as to why a man hijacked a truck in the western german town of nimble crashing into several cars 9 people suffered minor injuries in the incident including the truck's driver the suspect from syria has been charged with attempted murder in the case. the white house has announced it will not cooperate with congressional impeachment inquiry of u.s. president on

your position on not being the world's police and not taking down dictators seems to refer to bashar al-assadbashar al-assad alone would work into a russian plan. so just clear that up. how does that work? how do you separate the idea that your view of policing the world does seem to relate, at least in part, syria? >> well, look, those talking points that they're using about assad and syria are the exact same talking points that they used against saddam hussein in iraq and ga dafy in libya. and this is my whole point. look, ali, i served in iraq in a medical unit where every single day, the very first thing i did every day was i went through a list name by name of every american casualty and injury that had occurred the day before in that regime change war that people like hilary clinton voted for and advocated for. so they can't tell me i don't know what i'm talking about. i've been there. i've seen the loss of life. >> you have. you have. >> the terribly high human cost and the cost and the toll that it's taken on the american people. >> and because of that, that gives you a stage and a pl

and destroying the leverage we currently have to compel by bashar al assad to stop slaughter of syrian people and negotiate end to terrible conflict and humanitarian catastrophe. madam president, i want to make something clear, the united states has taken the fight to syria and afghanistan because that is where our enemies are, that is why we're there. fighting terrorists, exercising leadership and trouble regions and advancing u.s. interest around the world does not make us an evil empire or the world's policeman. we are prudent and responsible world power that stands up for our own security and the freedom of others. alongside the 80 coalition partners u.s. forces have led and counter isis coalition, that is what we must continue to do. we must continue to provide support to local forces that carry the lion share of the responsibility to defend their homeland. this effort must continue to include our allies and partners. even the imperfect ones who sometimes behave irrationally and dangerous as both saudi arabia and turkey have recently. when it looked like president trump would with

brokered with the assad regime, kurdish forces are going to partner with the syrian regime of bashar al-assadthis was brokered by the russians in an effort to try to push back against the turkish invasion. here is what we know so far about the deal, it is going to allow assad forces, these are syrian-government forces to take control of the entirety of the border between turkey and syria, this will effectively ensure that u.s. troops cannot return something that has been the goal of both the russians and syrians over the past 2 years, the u.s. takes hands off approach to developments, there's evidence that civilians being targeted and isis fighters escaping prisons. president trump tweeted multiple times this morning ant the situation saying he's dealing with congress about imposing sanctions on turkey, turkish president erdogan claims that more than 20 kurdish villages have been taken over by his forces, added that turkey will advance 20 miles into syria to help maintain the territorial integrity. >> we will divide terror corridor 480 kilometers down the middle. >> as turkish air strikes con

allies, syrian kurds, has now drawn in troops of syrian president bashar al-assad.eanwhile, syrian troops have entered kobani, the city where kurdish and u.s. troops first defeated islamic state militants four years ago. reporter: the turkish military has been carrying out its offensive for over a week. its targets are kurdish militias in a town on the syrian border. bombs are exploding in the city center. the military has released images of soldiers firing at the city from the turkish border city. even with a clear military disadvantage, the kurdish mililitia has beenen able to kep the turkish offensive in check. both the u.s. and eu countries have repeatedly called on turkish president erdogan to halt the attacks. turkey's offensive has forced tens of thousands to flee the region. many have gone to iraq. but erdogan has rejected international demands for a cease-fire. he's holding fast to his plan to free up a protection zone in northern syria. >> we can end this operation once we are in control of a 35 kilometer deep area of land reaching from the city of manbij

back there facing the turkish army along a new front line and this is essential a victory for bashar al assad and maybe more importantly for his backa russia because now they have a foothold in an area that was beyond their control for many years uli as all of the fighting has been going on you've had a chance to talk to some people there what have they been telling you. well public support for this a military offensive is brought across turkish societies across the turkish society not only prison edwin's a.k.p. is supporting this offensive but also other parties the only exception is the program opposition party h.t.t.p. the media reporting is also very much pro offensive very nationalist the media are framing it as a security operation aimed at commenting a terrorism threat across the border we've been talking to people in the city of or near where i am let's listen to what they had to tell us. yes we support this operation we stand with our soldiers i hope turkey will be a successful as a waltz in the previous operation it will liberate these places i'm enable people to breathe freely. liv

the border which is still the national border of syria what about the kurds maybe turning to bashar al assad what about them turning to russia what about them turning to iran will the way to the moscow's leads through moscow so they would turn to putin writing it putin he would organize talks which have already taken place with the with kurds and the syrian regime in damascus talking about you know the syrian regime taking back military control administrative control and security control over the northeast part of seo which is exactly what bashar assad ones without fighting them so this would. obviously help and one might in the end say you know i would prefer the syrian regime at my border but not the fighters that aligned with the peacock a yeah yeah it's complicated and it's only getting worse. as always we appreciate your insights thank you jason. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world at least 13 people drowned during a nighttime rescue attempts near the italian island of lampedusa officials say 2 patrol vessels were approaching an overloade

or whether it's the syrian people who are left to the mercy of a brutal dictator like bashar al assadn the case of all this, what is described as the mother of all bills against assad and the regime sits in the senate and waitses again. clarissa, thank you, ambassador, thank you so much. we'll be right back. ♪ things are getting clearer, yeah i feel free ♪ ♪ to bare my skin ♪ yeah that's all me. ♪ nothing and me go hand in hand ♪ ♪ nothing on my skin ♪ that's my new plan. ♪ nothing is everything. keep your skin clearer with skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. of those, nearly 9 out of 10 sustained it through 1 year. and skyrizi is 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. ♪ i see nothing in a different way ♪ ♪ and it's my moment so i just gotta say ♪ ♪ nothing is everything skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. before treatment your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms such as fevers, sweats, chills, muscle aches or coughs, or if you plan to

backers of the syrian rebels and president committed himself to bringing down syrian president bashar al assad has been the fear at some point down the road syrian regime forces and turkish forces would eventually face off of one another now we have turkish forces on the ground engaging in play and then some towns that also are being contested by the syrian regime and as we speak there is a race across this area that syrian regime forces who go to count that are under the control of syrian kurdish forces and also thank you talk at all of president earth one of the man at the center of this the russian president vladimir putin he's the strongest sacrifice syrian regime for the same kind has developed a close relationship with what he will now be working out a way to avoid. getting involved in a full scale conflict and there is a european component in all of this is a well if european union opposing turkey moves on syria president erda want to target he has threatened to scrap the agreement between his country and the european union which is designed to control the flow of migrants who are tryin

let them facing an assault they cannot stop, kurdish forces called on syria's president, bashar al assad, an ally of russia, to deploy along the border. it's the end of kurdish self-rule here, which they earned fighting alongside u.s. forces a u.s. official told me it's a failure of u.s. values, helps american adversaries and gives isis new lease on life richard engel, nbc news, northern syria >>> in fort worth, texas, there is a growing call for answers. community leaders demanded just outside the house of a woman killed by police a neighbor called a non-emergency number out of concern for 28-year-old atatiana jefferson after he saw her doors open and lights on the fort worth police department leased this body cam footage of an officer walking around the outside of the home just after 2:00 in the morning. he is seen stopping at a window and yelling put your hands up before quickly firing his weapon the department says the officer perceived a threat the statement also said a gun was found in the home, but did not specify where it was found a lawyer for theefferson family says the officer

syrian troops are massing near the turkish border one day after bashar al-assad's government reached a deal to help protect the kurds from turkey's deadly aiair and ground assault. the kurds had been allied with the united states up until last week when president trump abruptly pulled u.s. troops from northern syria, paving the way for turkey's assault. more than 130,000 people have already been displaced over the past five days since turkey invaded northern syria. the death toll is unknown. turkey says over 500 "terrorist" have been neneutralized. turkey frequently refersrs to kukurdh groups ass terrorist. the third obseservatory for humn rirights is reporting tuturkish-backeded proxieses hat dead nine kurdish civilians including a prominent political leader, hevrin khalaf, who was killed along with her driver on saturday. she was the secretary general of the future syria party. kurdish authorities are reporting 785 people affiliated with the islamic state, including women and children, escaped from a kurdish-controlled displplacemet camp i inorthern s syria. "the new york times" is

terror kasia armed forces that along and new frontline and this is essentially a victory for bashar al assad and his most powerful ally russia because it means they're gaining a foothold in an area that was beyond their control for many years ok now to contain the situation where you are the united states has imposed sanctions vice president on his way to the region can this type of american pressure president. well it's definitely a lot of pressure but president seems to be determined to go ahead with that this so peroration no matter what but it's safe to assume that any kind of sanctions there from the u.s. will further had an already weak turkish economy an economy that has not fully recovered yet from last year's currency crisis now trump raised to terrorism steal back up to 50 percent something he did last year already to press for the release of a u.s. pastor in detention here in turkey he also suspended talks on a tech u.s. trade deal worth $100000000000.00 u.s. dollars and he imposed sanctions on 3 turkish ministers now no immediate a fact strong effect on the turkish lira it has a

are, i think, is going to be a bit of a push and a pull between turkey and the government of bashar al assad, but they are both tied to russia. both assad and the turkish government are tied to russia. and the kurds are tied now to the assad government. so russia has become the main peace broker here. >> and i want to underscore, i'm sorry for stepping on you at the end of that, richard. the kurds lost a lot of lives, lost a lot of lives fighting to contain isis, fighting to do away with the caliphate. >> reporter: so these kurds who were just described -- by the way, in that press conference, go back, there was a question asked to vice president pence and then pompeo weighed in about the kurds carrying out atrocities against christian communities here. that is something that turkish propaganda had been pushing. we have seen nothing like that of any sort. it has been, in fact, the turkish militias that have been carrying out atrocities just for the records. so somebody put that into the vice president's head. somebody else put that into secretary of state pompeo's head. the kurdish forces wh

allowing bashar al assad to send troops to help repel turkey's invasion. on tuesday the syrian army entered the strategic city off non beach for the first time since two thousand twelve. yet fighting raged on further east as emboldened kurdish troops attempted to retake the town of russell eyeing which had fallen to turkey dayss earlier. there were a also reportsts of a kurdh rocket attack on the turkish border town of kiesel tippy. despite the clashes turkish president recep tayyip erdogan said on tuesday the offensive was progressing as planned so by you too bye. yeah because we have liberated approximately a one thousand squarare kilomemetr areaea from terrorist occupatio. god willing in a short while will secure the entire area from man beach to our border with iraq. i mean is. the u. s. is decision to pull out of serialized week was widely seen as a major turning pointnt givig turkey free reign to launch its offensive against the kurds but with russia now stepping in as the region's new power broker and the prospect of a dirirect conflict with the syr

areas of iraq as an aim also in using this time has been the movement of the syrian government bashar al assad government forces have been for to find their positions they've now gotten gotten to a deal with these kurdish fighters that they will be replacing them india areas that declare turkey says it does not matter who your base is them as long as the 30 kilometer safe zone it's clear of kurdish fighters which turkey sees as terrorists . and the u.n. special envoy to syria is going to busy choose day has indeed take us through his itinerary. well the buzzword that we keep hearing from pundits and people involved in the syrian conflict is end game and they point to words this constitutional committee meeting which is happening in geneva it's interesting that the u.n. special envoy will be meeting foreign ministers of iran russia turkey syria before this committee needs but none of these countries would be directly involved in the constitutional committee meeting that about 150 people who are meeting 2 thirds of them are from the syrian opposition and the government and 50 of them will be fro

they now have to form an alliance with bashar al assad, which is a marriage of convenience, not a marriage of love. even that is no guarantee of protection against turkish forces. the sdf, which is the largely kurdish fighting force that beat isis on the ground with the help of the u.s. and for the u.s. and european allies, they will essentially have to go underground or be completely disbanded. some of them will likely flee to iraq. but it's important for our viewers to remember, john, this is not the first time that syrian people feel that the americans have sold them out. this was the same story under the obama administration, the protesters in the early days of the uprising, who took to the streets to reject bashar al assad, who were told by the u.s. that the u.s. had their back, that the u.s. supported them. and then were essentially left while they were bombed, gassed, tortured, exterminated in prison camps, and never did the u.s. intervene to help them. this is a recurring theme in syria. in many ways, trump's latest decision is just sort of the nail in the coffin, eight years of ho

the president forced forces to reach an agreement with bashar al assad allowing soldiers and troops to expand their presence in northeastern syria. yesterday are russia media circulated video showing them taking over recently abandoned u.s. bases in the region. this outcome will also benefit iran. by reenforcing to be an ally. it's unclear how allowing ter ran to fortify a bridge to the mediterranean enabling it to threaten our ally israel is consistent with the maximum pressure policy on iran. it's unclear how seed iing the field sports the administration's great power competition strategy. the president's rash decision also put soldiers in danger. they fired artillery at the base. they cut the main highway in syria effectively isolating soldiers. both incidents placed american troops directly in harm's way or were a direct result of president trump's choice. the president justified his decision by claiming he's reducing our presence and terminate iing the b endless wa. but the administration sent 1800 troops to saudi arabia. secretary of defense note d on friday that 14,000 american

can be returned to how it was before we see a russian backed troops all for the syrian dictator bashar al assad now supporting the kurds filling in that power vacuum that was created there are russian troops patrolling between the front lines and iran of course standing by to extend its impact on the region getting closer to its enemies israel out of that is really in the american interest president trump receiving lots of criticism for his decision to pull out off syria and it seems like the only option he has in his hands right now is to reiterate his threats with sanctions against turkey he has done so today again let's just listen in will president trump had to say. to bring our soldiers back home. and. would be very tough on turkey and a lot of others to maintain their own properties now they have to maintain peace and safety and we'll see what happens the delegation were asking for a cease fire we put the strongest sanctions that you could imagine but they get a lot we have a lot in store if they don't if they don't have an impact all right said donald trump that claiming the sanctions on

have officially turned to the syrian government and its ally russia for military assistance to bashar al assad and that's according to the information we're getting that from syria is sending units of troops and equipment we don't know how many troops how much equipment from i let go to monday in northern syria now monday that is one of the targets one of the areas that military is trying to attack is preparing to attack so there is a very real risk the syrian army and the turkish army could be facing each other that it could be clashes and this is of course absolutely no good news ok so this is all focusing now on monday where you know as you're mentioning it looks like considerable reinforcements are headed headed to help the kurds in light of this house turkey been responding to these developments. well president and one person abraham collins tweeted earlier today that turkey is still determined to continue this operation until all goals have been achieved which is according to fighting terrorism and setting up the so-called safe zone now he has also called what's coming from the kurdish s

pulling down kurdish flags but after the kurds have reached a deal with the regime of bashar al assad syrian forces have now arrived in the area so i feel with potential showdown with tuffy. that somebody nobel prize for economics or goes to 3 god economists from india europe and the us or you could just stick summers of st lawrence of the w.'s business off the next top of the debt . take the person i already with all the wonderful stories that make the game so special. for all true for. the book more than football online. community and justice and freedom the 1st words of the german national anthem and the 3 central valley news that formed the foundation of this country how have these values developed to be sure to come here use it to live by and defend the principles of unity justice and freedom no one is free to ignore. our journey. serums starts october 21st on d. w. . south africa wants to attract private investment stress and force us says his government is working on restoring institutions on securing private investment to boost the economy also coming up the nobel prize for ec

allies the syrian kurds has also drawn in troops of syrian president bashar al assad they have now entered the town of kabbani and also in control of the key town of man bitch much of the fighting so far has been centered around the border city of russell. clouds of dark smoke cover the syrian city of rattle i billowing into the sky on the turkish border for more than a week now fighting is still raging between turkey's military and the kurdish why p.j. militia criticism of turkey is growing around the world president earlier one is standing firm insisting he won't be swayed by threats and sanctions. i am also looking very strong our operation will end when we control a border zone stretching 30 to 35 kilometers into syria no power can stop us until we achieve this goal is the rooms heard of one's words are directed at the west he's due to hold talks with the u.s. vice president and u.s. secretary of state on thursday mike pence and mike pompei i want to secure a cease fire in northern syria but turkey's government says it won't agree to a cease fire with the kurdish militia. the president

it is here in this city that the uprising against bashar al assad began. among these fighters is a young man who bears a unique and unintended responsibility his name is see a snake. on the lot of other modern annulling but what. was it. was just 14 when he sprayed anti-government slogans on this school wall in that office. it was february 2011 and he could never have imagined the consequences. well over half a 1000000 people have been killed in syria since the start of the war. malawi as home city has been ravaged by street fighting shelling barrel bombing the war has created scars that may never heal. the so now i lay a.

cautious openly addressing this issue but the reign of the iranian president who is an ally of bashar al assad and an important player has said that he has urged turkey not to go ahead with this operation so i'm sure there is some kind of last minute diplomacy still going on that the turks now have created facts by starting this offensive. syria hama in istanbul thank you very much. now in following breaking news for you out of hala a city in eastern germany at least 2 people have been killed in a shooting and police have detained one person a local newspaper the middle. is reporting reporting a man opened fire from the doorway of a synagogue in the north of the city and i witnessed that inside a combat shop is reporting a separate shooting he says a man tried to throw some kind of explosive into the shop and charged in an open fire it's still unclear of what was happening is a mass shooting or a terror attack. that's what's happened in the hollow also receiving reports that more shots rang out in landsberg that's a town outside of hala reuters news agency is quoting the mayor she says that 2

have officially turned to the syrian government and its allies russia for military assistance bashar al assad has been sending units of troops we don't know how many from aleppo and nearby military bases to woods monday which and as you just mentioned that monday in north in syria is one of the areas the army is right now preparing to attack they have been sending additional tang's reinforcements over there so right now everything seems to be possible in the next days a direct military confrontation there between 2 armies or turkey eventually backing down. and. we heard president add on earlier today and he said he is determined to go hat with this open ration until the very end so far no signs of relenting there from ankara but it's probably safe to assume that a lot of crisis talks are taking place right now behind the scenes phone calls probably being exchanged between ancora and moscow as well it will be important what moscow say is about this because russia is bashar assad's most important and strongest ally there in the region but of course this is all taking place on the political leve

and reiterate the criticism that he is receiving that is that now a russian backed dictator bashar al assad is sending his troops out to the north some parts of the kurdish part of syria and that is certainly not in the interest of the president so he's getting more criticism on that and certainly you can also see that if you follow his twitter account the way he lashes out there even more than he usually does and all of these moves that we're following here today are certainly a response of that certainly seems very chaotic that is for sure oversold in washington all over thank you. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world one person has died 4 people have been injured during protests in guinea's capital opposition parties and activists want to block potential changes to the country's constitution which could allow for the president's alpha kong day to run for a 3rd term in office in india local media are reporting that at least 12 people have been killed in a gas explosion officials believe a cylinder of cooking gas blew up causing a building to coll

who accused the us of waging a regime change war in syria and is criticized for meeting with bashar al-assad who is accused of atrocities against his own people. as for hillary clinton's assertion that gabbard would run as a third-party candidate the hawaii congresswoman has ruled that out. hillary clinton also accused 2012-16 green party candidate jill stein of being a russian asset. stein has not responded to the new allegations, it is a shame hrc is pedaling in conspiracy theories to justify her failure instead of reflecting on real reasons dems lost in 2016. democrats fear third-party candidates can siphon democratic votes and help donald trump in his reelection. >> reporter: look at these pictures, nancy pelosi pointing her finger at donald trump during the famous white house meeting about syria. the other picture, jan brewer pointing her finger at former president obama calling out the media for hypocrisy for vilifying her as a racist as nancy pelosi was hailed as a hero. we will get to all of that but first reaction to the hillary clinton conspiracy theory pointed at tulsi gabbard, th

behind the scenes a lot of talks all still ongoing and most importantly maybe the syrian regime bashar al assad's foreign ministry earlier today issued a statement that they would be fighting back any turkish aggression with older means illegitimate means at their hands. the house is playing with the turkish public. do the does the turkish public president assault well the turkish public and that something very special about turkey actually is quite supportive of this operation because you know for years there is talking here in turkish in turkey that there has to be something something has to be done the against the p.k. k y p g terrorism threat so i haven't heard of any major opposition here except for the pro kurdish party inside turkey the media reporting has been very supportive of this open ration patry also even nationalist saying that the turkish public stands united behind the turkish army so public support in these kinds of. crises is usually very high for military action. it's reminder vivier the big story we're following for you at this hour at least 2 people have been killed in attac

civilians drove one of america's former allies the kurds of course into the hands of syrian dictator bashar al assad and also hundreds of dangerous isis fighters were freed us apart. this invasion here that we're witnessing and all of this is of course not in the american interest and also turned into a domestic problem for the president on wednesday a very rare bipartisan resolution both parties in congress the democrats and the republicans calling damned president trump's decision to pull out of waltham syria so you could really see there was a lot of pressure mounting on the president's back here and that was a problem that he had to fix very quickly all of adonal trump has been selling this as a big victory let's hear some of what he had to say. i didn't know it was going to work out quickly i didn't know it would work out this well it's a great day for the united states it's a great day for turkey it's a great day for our partners who have really worked i mean a lot of people question some of them i'm not questioning anybody they really did the kurds were great great day for the kurds it's real