is getting correspondent dorian jones in a. dorian what's behind this to move. well turkish president type herd one says turkey has in a store called a link with libya given it was part of turkey's then ottoman empire and president one says that they are committed to supporting the internationally recognized libyan government of national called and that government is feeling face for the prospect of being overrun by forces of fatah and turkey says they are committed to prevent that from happening but there is also a strategic interest in our own course support of this government because in november chris sign an agreement with the government government of national called they gave it control of a large swathe of the eastern mediterranean a part of an area that is being contested by several countries in a competition to find hydrocarbons and that area is also seen as key to any future pipelines from already discovered gas fields in eastern mediterranean so turkey's intervention is many ways is seen as securing a key strategic interests and so how war deployments

well for more i'm joined now by correspondent dorian jones who is standing by in istanbul dorian as we've been reporting many of those displaced from italy are heading towards turkey just how hard is it going to be for them to actually cross the border into turkey itself. well that's right well we're getting reports his all the road seeing it leave having tool to turkish border and. filled with people streaming away from the fighting south we understand that thousands more people ready to put in some agencies as many as 200000 people who have fled the fighting and heading towards the turkish border and the turkish border is currently sealed as a large partition has been erected since the start of the civil war so these refugees are now being trapped on the other side of near the turkish border there's refugee camps of already housing over 200000 people but escaped earlier fighting earlier in the year now those camps are fake face being overwhelmed in what is now winter conditions where it cold even getting reports of people even burning their clothes that they have to keep warm. in the ve

dorian jones is covering the story from istanbul and joins us now dorian we hear that thousands of refugees are heading towards the turkish border from syria what is likely to happen to them. well that is a big question that humanitarian organizations are asking there already believed to be as many as 200000 refugees close to the turkish border there is a large wall that is protecting the turkish front here in turkey does have security forces all not balled up but they do also have to turkish red crescent helping refugees in the syrian side. but the question is if there is this another mass influx and possibly even more as his offensive does pick up speed the question is will they try to crush cross over into turkey another humanitarian crisis for which is has withstanding years of these crises and waves of refugees entering turkey all the turkish president says that his country cannot handle another wave of syrian refugees and he says this is going to have implications for europe what does this mean for europe well that is another big question i think a lot of people in brussels are wonder

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let's go to our correspondent dorian jones he's standing by for us in istanbul with more on the story hi dorian we've just seen images there of this new wave of displaced people where are they headed to in turkey and what will happen to them. well that is a big concern of humanitarian organizations across the region is where will these tens of thousands of people go they are heading towards the turkish front here where there are already hundreds of thousands camps just since just across the syrian border from turkey frontier now that frontier is protected by a large concrete wall and turkey does have large amounts of security forces but the concern is that if this offensive does continue and the fear is that the vitally saddam. forces do sweepin to leave that those people will seek refuge in turkey triggering another major exodus into a country that has withstood many many exercises before adding to the over 3 and a half 1000000 syrian refugees currently in turkey during we've heard the turkish president warned his country will not handle a new refugee influx on its own is that meant

let's go to dorian jones in istanbul. welcome. what is behind his turkish move? dorian: the turkish president erdogan says that they have a hold over libya. president erdogan says they are committed to supporting the internationally recognized live in government of national court. that government is being faced with a prospect of overrunning it. there is a strategic interest in support of this government. on per -- they signed an agreement that give themem a control of a large swath of the eastern mediterranean. this is being contested by several countries. turkey's intervention is seen as a key strategic interest. phil: how would a turkish deployment affect this conflict in libya? >> there is a growing concern. all of turkey's opposition parties are opposed to such a move. one could even escalate the conflict. that is a concern being voiced by many regional countries. saying any significant appointment by turkish forces in support of the government of national court could see reciprocation of country supporting the opposition forces. notably, moscow has already e