to the west and to the east of this area will be handed over to the syrian regime of president bashar assad because putin the russian president will have control lips together with chalk this patch. right at the border but all the rest of the north east will go back to the shop with ok see the syrian rebel you have the russian and turkish leaders meeting in solitary in deciding all this area but what about the syrians themselves and the kurds of course who are affected do they not have any say in this matter. it depends who you ask we have not heard any official reactions from the kurdish for us live on the p y d on the y.p. g the democratic forces that the party there or the militias there they have not reacted so far for them it's a big lots because they have to withdraw 30 kilometers 20 miles from the border region and this includes major kurdish cities like chemistry and co bonnet so this means for them that they have to we align themselves with bashar assad and there are a lot of people in the region who opposed the syrian regime during the last few years and they are in great danger a

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,

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 reconstruction and to normalize relations with damascus so that's the big plan afoot you know how to get a political solution something that looks so to make everybody conciliate with assad ok very fascinating insight. to begin with to me give us an idea of what the turkish people are saying about the latest developments about turkey having such a central presence now in syria. the situation in turkey is quiet like there is only one voice of what's going on in syria and that is pretty much counsel david by the fact that the media is pretty much console they did under the influence of the government so. when the incursion started it apart from the pro turkish party h.t.t.p. almost everybody in turkey was kind of lined up behind i or the one in

kurdish fighters in northeastern syria a cease fire there is expected to end chews day meanwhile bashar assad has called the president a thief he made the remarks during a visit to areas of the province that have been taken from backed rebels by government forces now iraq's military says u.s. troops who crossed over from syria do not have permission to stay in the country the soldiers are part of those forces who withdrew from syria as the takesh operation against kurdish fighters began the pentagon says the aim is to bring u.s.

back so we're not up to our responsibility in this region and maybe of the kurdish id my turn to bashar assad in the end which is from their point of view the lesser of 2 evils compared to one and would say please come here and how could you you know protect 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 tha

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 fully recovered yet from last year's currency crisis now trump raised to terrorism steal back up to $0.50 something he did last year already to press for the release of a u.s. pastor in detention here in turkey he also suspend the 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 turk

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

backers of the syrian rebels and president committed himself to bringing down syrian president bashar assad has been the fear that some point down the road syrian regime forces and turkish forces would eventually face off with one another now we have turkish forces on the ground engaging in play in the cities and towns that are also being contested by the syrian regime and as we speak there is a race across this area the syrian regime forces to go to the control of syrian kurdish forces and these are also stated targets of president and the man at the center of this is the russian president vladimir putin he is the strongest backer of the syrian regime at the same time has developed a close relationship with what he will now be working out a way to avoid these 2. getting involved in a full scale conflict and there is a european component in all of this is as well if the european union opposes a turkey's moves on syria president of turkey has threatened to scrap the agreement between his country and the european union which is designed to control the flow of migrants who are trying to get to

forces the kurds have lost the united states as their ally so they've turned to a syrian dictator bashar assad who is moving his troops north towards the turkish border now we have of the latest footage here turret taken from turkey looking across into syria where turkish shelling continued this morning at least 160000 civilians are believed to have fled the fighting in the border area they've headed deeper into syria but opposition to turkey's assault is growing u.s. president trump is imposing economic sanctions the pressure turkey to stop the offensive and he is sending vice president mike pence to ankara to try to broker a cease fire this is what pence had to say about washington's aims 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. let's go right to do that you correspondent yulia han she is not on the turkish side of the border for us hi

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

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

ices, iran, putin, and bashar assad and put our friends in danger. including two of the closest friends we have in the middle east, the syrian kurds and israel. i want to be very clear, the president's decision poses a threat to our national security here in the united states. by green lighting president or to one's operation and abandoning the syrian kurds to face the onslaught in their own the president has made an already fragile situation in syria more dangerous. and handed a get out of jail free card to potentially more than 10,000 ices fighters. ices has threatened the united states and allies repeatedly. taking americans hostage and executed them. and will undoubtedly continue to threaten our security if they experience a resurgence. we new yorkers know best, unfortunately, how a small group of fanatics, half a world away can do incredible damage and kill thousands of americans here in our soil. now with ices prisoners escaping unfortunately the chances of that are increasing. not just according to me but to an expert like general mattis. make

after the white house announced the kurds are looking to the regime of bashar assad for help. e kurds could deal with the syrian government in exchange for assad regaining control over crush territory. this would be a major win for the syrian dictator. there are reports at this hour of new turkish airstrikes on kurdish positions. this is how turkish papers wrote about it when they said the operation would start with airstrikes followed by ground invasion by turkish forces. >> what are the potential consequences if this moves forward? >> well short term you're looking at the assad regime regaining more power in the region while terror organizations in syria have an opportunity to use this assault to regroup. there's also ali hood of high selman cats if a full scale operation is lauchld. remember 11,000 crush fighters lot of her lives fighting isis for the west. this is 11,000 who left behind family and a future. they were promised protection and they're at risk if this operation moves forward. >> more stores areenning sales of e-cigarettes. the kroger chain reports it will stop

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.

addition with european partners especially with germany at the same time yuri syria's president bashar assad has been visiting soldiers and it led province today this is his 1st trip there since 2011 and it's obviously been timed to coincide with the one and putin's meeting what is assad want to achieve here. well i think he just wanted to show that he is not only am powerless biased and while the fate of his country is being decided here in russia in sochi by the turkish president and on into the russian president putin. he wanted to show that he is an influential player as well at least militarily while his visit to me also has been showing that the syrian armed forces have these very important territory foully on to control i think our correspondent yury rachet to reporting from moscow thank you let's check in now and some other stories making news around the world know region police opened fire on an armed man who stole an ambulance as an oss low and ran into several people reportedly suffered minor injuries police have a rest of the driver but they're searching for a woman who may have

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

syrian kurds has also drawn in troops of syrian president bashar assad they have now entered the town of bani and also in control of the key town of man much of the fighting so far has been centered around the border city breath. clouds of dark smoke cover the syrian city of russell 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 y.p. jean militia criticism of turkey is growing around the world president urged one is standing firm insisting he won't be swayed by threats and sanctions i am looking very small operation will end when we control the borders so on stretching 30 to 35 kilometers into syria no power can stop us until we achieve this goal. hurdle 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 ceasefire with the kurdish militia. the president has said repeatedly we as a country fightin

that in monday which have withdrawn and now it's russia washington's a biggest adversary and bashar assad's most powerful ally in the words deadliest ongoing war who is filling the void now further towards this direction clashes fighting is ongoing the turkish military continues to at sac kertesz that targets there in the syrian towns of wrestle ein and to tell of yet now all of this one week off to turkey sausage its military operation in northeast syria ok now the americans have launched a diplomatic initiative u.s. vice president pence set to meet with the turkish president. is there a chance he could get air to one to back a cease fire and stop the fighting. well so far all threats all sanctions embargoes that were imposed didn't have much on and much of an effect on the turkish economy or on that the turkish government we have present admin say that he's never ever going to accept any kind of ceasefire that he's determined to go out with this so peroration and i quote him here until the very and he says that turkey's borders need to be cleared of a terrorist because that forces that on

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allies the syrian kurds has now also drawn in troops of the syrian president bashar assad meanwhile syrian troops have reportedly entered the town of karbala. and i are also in control of the key town of man bitch much of the fighting has been centered around the border. 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 . from the turkish border city of children but not even with a clear military disadvantage the kurdish militia has been able to keep the turkish offensive in check both the u.s. and e.u. countries have repeatedly called on turkish president. to halt the attacks. turkey's offensive has forced tens of thousands to flee the region. many have gone to iraq but everyone has rejected international mans for a ceasefire. he's holding fast to his plan to free up a protection zone in northern syria. because. we can end this operation once we are in control of a 35 kilometer deep area of land reaching from the city

the reconstruction but both the united states and the european union have said that as long as bashar al assad remains in power they will take no part in the rebuilding of syria. with mean if you do i have been to share the she's the middle east erect at behind foundation which is linked to germany's green party welcome to you and we saw syria needs a lot of reconstruction work and this comes today a constitutional committee is meeting in geneva tell us about its composition and its work well the coveting is composed out of 50 people from the regime side 50 people from the opposition and 50 members of civil society and as he said it's the 1st session they are having and therefore we don't know how that will work i just heard that a core group is focused on really jotting a new constitution so do you think that or key members are represented in this constitutional commission which has the support of the united nations and how independent is this commission well unfortunately not all key players are represented particularly p.y.t. the dominant political group of the kurdish territory has been ru

syrian government really interested in finding a political solution because president bashar assad is very much in control of the country at the moment would he be supporting a process which could undermine his authority you know obviously enough i mean has said a time and again his approach is and looks a solution he wants to capture all syria back and there for this is just one of the elements with which he pretends to be involved in a political process that we've seen a new constitution being drafted in 2012 already aside did this constitution why would he not change it why would make any concession so given the fact that you say that doesn't push out of assad is a new taking part in this as a kind of a sham process he's not really interested in real constitution change given that key elements of the syrian opposition and members of society are not represented how optimistic are you about this whole committee drafting a new constitution for syria i don't think that this is a 1st step to paste because at the same time we're seeing the bombardment of it live continues its 6 months no

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

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

of experts and observers are saying presumably, quite possibly the regime of bashar al assad will ben control of the prisons that hold isis detainees, the camps that hold isis families, their widows, their wives and there are concerns given that bashar al assad remember back in 2011 did release al qaeda members from his prisons to try to radicalize the revolution. there are concerns that the syrian government could use control over the isis facilities as leverage. >> arwa damon on the scene. be careful over there. we'll check back soon. >>> up next, why are the north koreans covering up the windows of skyscrapers? what it may reveal about kim jong-un. i'm your cat. ever since you brought me home, that day. i've been plotting to destroy you. sizing you up... calculating your every move. you think this is love? this is a billion years of tiger dna just ready to pounce. and if you have the wrong home insurance coverage, you could be coughing up the cash for this. so get allstate and be better protected from mayhem, like me-ow. so get allstate and be better protected from mayhem, at firs

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

in syria the last stronghold against bashar assad was the ice a leader's shelter let that sink in. was the ice a leader's shelter let that sink in but duggie did not have many allies there but nonetheless it was as rational as it was obviously did not have many allies there but nonetheless it was as rational as it was obvious it. lib the best place for a terrorist to blend in is lib the best place for a terrorist to blend in is a province that is the largest al qaeda safe haven since $911.00 the region is a province it is the largest al qaeda safe haven since $911.00 the region is under the thumb over. formally known as al qaeda in syria is under the thumb over. formally known as al-qaeda in syria it has some 10000 fighters deployed in it but while the larger it has some 10000 fighters deployed in it but while the largest it's far from the only jihadi group in the province some other just it's far from the only jihadi group in the province some other functions were waging war against the kurds on the ground and their methods of functions were waging war against the kurds on the

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

it's russia and putin because they backed assad's forces. it's basharassad, the dictator of syria. and, of course, it's the isis fighters who suddenly have discovered they have a way to break out of jail. and the president's agreement or vice president's agreement calls for a policing of isis. but i'm not sure there's going to be much left to police. >> and so is it the impression that the middle east has just with this in sort of one fell swoop does have all these geopolitical realignments right now? >> there is certainly a part of a realignment here. and the main one is that russia, which went in to syria first in 2015 and which president obama sort of said at the time, good luck. you'll get stuck as we have in middle east wars. they've emerged pretty victorio victorious. they now have a solid foothost in the middle east for the first time really since the 1960s. they have a naval base they've long had in syria. but now free run of the country and basically a vasil state. the united states has given up this protectorate that it had for the kurds. the

news in just now about a deal that has been brokered with the assad regime, kurdish forces are going to partner with the syrian regime of basharl-assad, this 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 st