f.s.a. the free syrian army fighters they're the ones at the front line coming around this sort of as we've been speaking to some of them the as well they say they're committed to this fight this is the fight enough money in the fight that turkey says is targeting the white media which they call a terrorist organization we've been hearing from our children going on as well with their minds is this remains a very active. fire in a hospital in south korea has killed at least thirty seven people including patients and nurses and an intensive care unit firefighters in the southern city managed to rescue dozens of others trapped by the flames an investigation is now underway and kathy novak reports from seoul. the fire started in the emergency ward at about seven thirty in the morning it quickly spread to other parts of said john hospital and took firefighters more than an hour to bring under control and another two hours to extinguish. all or. stop the fire from spreading from the first floor to the second floor during the initial phase and therefore also prevent a difference spreading to the r

f.s.a. the free syrian army that's and back to rebel group and the language coming from the turks is that this is only going to be the start they are then going to move into another town called monday some one hundred kilometers further north so this is the earth or a prison aaron just announced that he assumes the operation is going to be over soon we are hearing from turkish media that turkey is going is aiming at establishing a thirty kilometer so-called safe zone but this is only the wording is using you have to understand there are a couple of thousands of kurdish fighters in and around but a couple of hundreds of thousands of civilians including displaced families from other war ravaged areas in syria so for them the next days are probably not going to be safe at all. you know retired did say he is going to flush out what he describes as terrorists. why does he believe that kurdish groups pose such a threat to turkey. well the text government says the syrian kurdish groups have links to the banned kurdistan workers party the p k k that has been waging its own fight inside turkey for deca

f.s.a. the free syrian army fighters they're the ones at the front line coming around this sort of we've been speaking to some of the well they say they're committed to this fight this is the fight enough for you in the fight that turkey says is targeting the white p.g. which they grew a terrorist organization we've been hearing from our children you know they go in this wall which reminds you this remains a very active. hospital safety procedures in south korea are being reviewed after a fire there killed at least thirty seven people including patients and nurses internet hence of care unit in the southern city of where yang are fighters managed to rescue dozens of others who were trapped in spain central government has begun legal proceedings to stop the separatist leader of catalonia from being reelected or was purged them out will be the only candidate on the ballot when m.p.'s in the regional parliament in barcelona vote on tuesday he fled to exile in brussels after declaring independence following a referendum and october those are the headlines news continues keep it on al-jazeera the

f.s.a. the free syrian army fighters they are the ones at the front line coming around this sort of we've been speaking to some of the as well they say they're committed to this fight this is the fight enough but even the fight that turkey says is targeting the wife which they grew a terrorist organization we've been hearing from our children you know they go into this wall with their minds is this remains a very active war. in vienna a ninth round of un led talks to find a solution to the war in syria appears to have reached a dead end little progress has been made in this round or an earlier rounds held in geneva and the government and opposition still have not met face to face. let's go live now to huldah abdel-hamid who's in vienna and what's behind the breakdown this time. well behind the breakdown this time is a. ten point working document that was put forward to the opposition as we understand it from our diplomatic sources last night now that document was drafted by five countries. britain france saudi arabia and jordan described to us as a document that basically is more of a mechanis

f.s.a. the free syrian army fighters that inside syria is trying to secure the entire border area so this is sort of the northern border area of the province and then it goes further west and i can tell you this location yesterday driving back you could see airstrikes along the border so it was hit very hard of course the consequence of. is what's happening to the civilians inside that province speaking just sources on the ground there will tell you that many people are fleeing trying to seek shelter inside the city we've also had reports of people sheltering in caves it's very very difficult to give you a clear picture because it's difficult to get a picture out when speaking to sources trying to cross-reference things we are hearing that civilians have been killed in this operation turkey says it's trying its hardest not to target civilians that it only targets the. but of course you know it is a war and things in war abide by any real rules so that's one of the challenges we have reporting is trying to get a real accurate picture out to you about what it's like to civilians there because

f.s.a. the free syrian army they have stayed away the s.n.c. decided they were going to come over the weekend the turkish backed opposition forces well they did arrive they arrived overnight at sochi airport and then when they stepped off their plane they saw plastered all around the airport all across the branding for this congress the syrian government flag they didn't like that and so they said they would not leave the airport until all those flags were changed now map kicked off last minute round of negotiations between the turkish and the russian foreign ministries and the outcome of all that is the those representatives have gone home but what they've done is delegate their power to the turkish government delegation here and it's the turkish representatives who are now going to be representing that bloc of the opposition ok so as we play just a few minutes ago for our viewers there's still a lot of anger there sorry lavrov was reading a statement and he was interrupted and what this gentleman was saying is you're bombing our people having

f.s.a. the free syrian army that they had taken that back from the y p g we've just had a statement from the white p.g. saying that's not the case it is very difficult terrain as well we were in syria yesterday with turkish authorities on an organized trip we were close to one of the front lines speaking to free syrian army fighters all seeing them why they were involved in this operation which certainly is more of a cause for turkey and them telling us that basically some of their villages which are arab villages were taken by the kurds is a very complicated situation also for many of these f.s.a. fighters it is personal it is the eighth day adrian and it is again a new front that further complicates this war that has so many different elements to it stephanie thanks indeed down to zero stephanie deck of their lives in kentucky let's get more now on those u.n. back talks in vienna al jazeera is one of the hobby that has been speaking to the opposition delegation and they explained their position. this round in vienna was meant to be a real test for the commitment to the implementation of us

f.s.a. the free syrian army fighters they're the ones at the front line coming around this sort of as we've been speaking to some of them as well they say they're committed to this fight this is the fighting not pretty in the fight that turkey says is targeting the white p.g. which they grew a terrorist organization we've been hearing from our children going on as well which reminds me this remains a very active. part of the wider picture in offering is of course u.s. turkey relations and the inside story team took a look at that just a couple days ago it was in the chair for that one as the panel discussed the implications of what unger actually calls the all of branch operation inside stories in the show's section at al-jazeera dot com to a tragic story out of south korea now where a fire has rights to risk it all with no sprinkler system thirty seven people killed in the southeastern city of many young many of them elderly people being cared for in innocent kathy novak has a report from seoul. i the fire started in the emergency ward at about seven thirty in the morning it quickly spread

f.s.a. the free syrian army fighters they are the ones at the front line coming around this sort of as we've been speaking to some of them that is well they say they're committed to this fight this is the fight in our footy in the fight that turkey says it's targeting the white rich they grew a terrorist organization we've been hearing from our children that we're going to this war with their minds that this remains a very active war. now in vienna a night's round of u.n. led talks to find a solution to the war in syria appears to have reached a dead end little progress has been made in this round or even earlier rounds held in geneva and the government and opposition still have not met face to face well let's get more from abdul hamid who is following developments for us in vienna tell us what's the latest on these talks. well certainly there have been it's been a very long day i would say for stephon the mistura the u.n. envoy started with a very long meeting with the opposition about five hours during which they discussed this working document that has been put forward by five countries f

well the ground offensive started today we had heard that this was going to start yesterday we didn't really move now what we're seeing is some movement of us f.s.a. fighters the free syrian army which is backed by turkey together with turkish troops that have ventured sort of north of africa and west of a foot in this is sort of across the border and also we know that there's been reinforcements to the east of offering this is inside syria they haven't really moved yet but they're scared missions there's fighting already in the northwestern part reports of some villages that have been taken then you hear counter claims by the white p.g. that they haven't taken it is also very much a propaganda war and it's hard to verify the exact moves the bigger picture is certain there was an intensive air campaign which started late yesterday afternoon seventy two planes you did not and now the ground offensive is under way as well so of course it is a concern for the civilians tens of thousands around two hundred thousand the latest estimates rules a lot of i.d.p.'s because after the throughout this war had been relatively peaceful. right as you say it's very difficult to verify precisel

the f.s.a. those of the free syrian army fighters inside syria backed by turkey they've taken some villages in the next day they go back into y.p. jihad so it is a very fluid front line turkey is using a lot of heavy artillery shelling also of course they have the upper hand when it comes to that but i think also the big question elizabeth it will take time that's for sure but then you have turkey threatening to move further east to clear the y.p. g. from areas there and those are the areas of the more under u.s. influence so it's a big it's a bigger picture it's complicated and you know now just to bring you back to where we are the shelling has intensified i don't think the microphone could pick it up but it gives you an indication of sort of the good the strength and the you know the relentlessness of that bombarding happening along these border villages stephanie thank you very much for that that is stephanie deck of with the relations joining us from the syrian border thank you well elsewhere in syria at least twenty one people have suffered breathing problems after a suspected chemical attac

the f.s.a. free syrian army fighters that turkey supports is engaging with y p g fighters particularly in the north west of syria so it is an active campaign and it is of course a concern for the civilians hundreds of thousands of civilians in a free and in the region we do know that some of the civilians have been living in these border villages have moved for their own words and also those living in the city. taking shelter in basements because of both of the psychological impact it's been a week since politicians here at ankara have been saying that they would be carrying out this offensive and that they had every right to get rid of what they call terrorists along its border we don't know what the outcome is going to be of course having firepower air power that turkey has is a huge advantage the y.p. are well trained they know the terrain well but this will not be an easy fight now is going to fish will say the civilian death toll in the kabul hotel attack is now at least fifteen with another twenty wounded. the taliban has claimed responsibility in a statement it said five of its finances were

now seems to be well underway with fighting in particular in the northwest of syria from what we understand f.s.a. those of the free syrian army fighters that turkey supports it has its own troops on the ground as well have taken to villages but the fighting is ongoing again it's very difficult to confirm reports the f.s.a. says they've captured three white p.g. soldiers the y.p. g.s.a. with the video that we haven't been able to verify that it's blown up a turkish tank but it does show you that this is a battle that is well underway and as you mentioned the price the president here are doing just speaking saying it's going to be over very soon but this may well be a difficult fight of course we're getting a wire as well through from the turkish general staff saying those are most importance being given not to harm civilians during this operation called operation bridge stuff what more do we know really about casualties in the way people are potentially allowed to move out of the conflict areas. well the official casualty count from the y.p. g. sources as of this early this morning was six civilian killed and three y p g membe

yes turkish soldiers are moving into africa alongside fighters of the so-called free syrian army that's. supported rebel groups the f.s.a. says twenty five thousand of its fighters have joined the operation there are also reports of turkish warplanes continuing to strike further targets inside syria and reports of rocket shelling from inside syria hitting a turkish border town and killing at least one person there are also reports from inside a friend off casualties on this side over all turkey this weekend has started a new front in the syrian war which is already ongoing since nearly seven years making a very complex situation even more complex and if you follow what i been saying in the past they are only about to start this operation or actually planning to move further into syria moving towards another kurdish dominated town called month beach the big question is of course what will this operation mean for the civilian population because you have to know there are hundreds of thousands of civilian in that civilians living in that area including many displaced families from other war ravaged areas in syria and for t

throughout the day sporadically not that much we were told to move and two hours later they watched that campaign in that mountain also is being targeted turkey's also mobilized f.s.a. fighters free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria that turkey supports inside syria to the east resupply also being told that some of those fighters are ventured out fleeing across the border from turkey we're trying to confirm that politically briefly. the russians have said they did have around three hundred military personnel in are fleeing they have now moved them out and i think it's clear that the russians have given tacit green light to this because they control the airspace they control the skies so seeing turkey flying air sorties means that the russians have agreed to this however we have heard from the russians saying that they're concerned about this they're watching it closely and that they urge constraint at the same time you've got the tarkhan for turkish foreign minister here calling on diplomats from iran the u.s. and russia in a meeting right now so certainly you can see the international players that have a stake in this but certainly it's been a week in the making politic

is just a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the free syrian army are taking part but no not particularly one of the f.s.a. fighters why he is involved in turkey's operation for some it seems it's personal. the love of the room. because they betrayed us and especially because they took. the displaced along with many. of the. conditions especially now in the winter. what our target courts are telling us is that the front line with the kurdish fighters is just further along. which is over to the side where there's been fighting but what is clear here on the outskirts of city is how much of a presence they are of course supporting the free syrian army fighters and syrian rebels that are already taking a large part in this operation that turkey has undertaken against. the wall while we were here two bullets whizzed overhead. and we're told. to blame for this. sort of the you know they shot at us and our tires. are. pushed out of here in two thousand and fourteen but life remains difficult as her has to provide for thirteen members of her family she tells us she is. war has now become the norm she says. people

is just a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the free syrian army are taking part but no not particularly one of the f.s.a. fighters why he is involved in turkey's operation for some it seems it's personal. because they betrayed us and especially because they took over my city told me folks. what our target courts are telling us is that the front line with the kurdish fighters is just further along. what is clear here on the outskirts of how much of a presence they are of course supporting the free syrian army the syrian rebels that are already taking part in this operation that turkey has undertaken. while we were here two bullets whizzed overhead. and we're told. for this. sort of they shot at us and. we. pushed out of here in two thousand and fourteen. difficult. has to provide for thirteen members of her family she tells us she is. the norm she says. people are used to the shelling and the explosions the young children are still scared but we've been facing this for a few years now we're not afraid anymore. there is hardly any electricity here generators are the only way to get light or heat in the wi

not to come pain ongoing across the border and as you mentioned also operations happening inside that ground offensive was launched on sunday f.s.a. that's free syrian army fighters syrian rebels that turkey supports together with turkish troops entering syria from the north and western side and that's take a look at how the last twenty four hours unfolded. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting free syrian army fighters inside syria. turkish president brigitte type defiant as he addressed a large crowd in the city of. jugglers. this is a national struggle and in this national struggle we will crush anyone who stands against us let this be known. it's been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack to rid of the y.p. kurdish fighters that i'm pro considers terrorists but they're also the u.s. is best ally on the ground in fighting i still regardless of international complications turkey is fully committed to this offensive we're on turkey's border with africa and throughout the day we've heard the sound of

development with turkey opening a new front in the ground offensive free syrian army fighters will now move towards africa and from the east. initially the f.s.a. forces entered syria through turkey from its west and more than borders and after the airstrikes and heavy shelling helped pave the way in the first twenty four hours turkey says it is targeting y p g fighters a kurdish group it says is a terrorist organization which also happens to be america's strongest ally in fighting isis and in syria as ever complicated web of regional and international allegiances and to russia key to allowing turkey to operate in a free mean something many already knew but the turkey's president admitted to on monday for the first time. we will handle a free there's no stepping back from a free we discussed this with our russian friends we have an agreement with them. turkey's top military officials and intelligence chief for in moscow in the run up to the offensive russia had military personnel in a free in which it has now pulled out the people of africa and we've spoken to feel a sense of abandonment a feeling of betrayal echoed in a news conference by the

of the free syrian army fighters inside syria backed by turkey they are now they join what has been an offensive pretty much from the border the western border and the northern border we've had f.s.a. fighters backed by turkish forces move in from this area and also from the north intensive shelling we've been hearing here throughout the day and we've also been speaking to sources who will tell you that people are resilient that they will not give up their city they will not give up their. fighters are well trained and they have prepared for this they also say that. the city that there hasn't been shelling on the city itself mostly along these border areas which is why most. people have made their way further in to this region. and that's a press conference the. syrian democratic forces lashed out at russia. actions and upped the ante on the united states to respond. i cannot say that we will. against the group but if necessary this might happen but i believe that. conducting operations in both regions but this will delay the military operations in the suburbs of deer and delay the victory on the islamic state group. russia has accused the us of stirring up separatist sentiment in

a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the free syrian army are taking part you know i'm not sure that you will see one of the f.s.a. fighters why he is involved in turkey's operation for some it seems it's personal. we're fighting the white b.g. because they betrayed us and especially because they took over my city. i've been displaced along with many of my neighbors for two years living in the camps there are such bad conditions especially now in the winter. what our target escorts are telling us is that the front line with the y p g with the kurdish fighters is just further along that mountain is also a mountain which is over to this side where there's been active fighting but what is clear here on the outskirts of city is how much of a presence they are of course supporting the free syrian army fighters and syrian rebels that are really taking a large part in this operation that turkey has undertaken against. the wall while we were here two bullets whizzed overhead. and we're told why p.g. snipers are to blame for this. sort of the you know they shot at us and our tires and stars. we move on and into the city.

is just a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the free syrian army are taking part in all not particularly one of the f.s.a. fighters why he is involved in turkey's operation for some it seems it's personal. with the white b.g. because they betrayed us. and especially because they took over. two years. especially now in the winter. what are. telling us is that the front line with the kurdish fighters is just further along. which is over. what is clear here on the outskirts of city is how much of a presence they are of course supporting the free syrian army fighters and syrian rebels that are already taking part in this operation that turkey has undertaken against. while we were here two bullets whizzed overhead. and. for this. sort of they shot at us and. are. pushed out of here in two thousand and fourteen but difficult. for thirteen members of her family she tells us she is. war has now become the norm she says but the. people are used to the shelling and the explosions the young children are still scared but we've been facing this for a few years now we're not afraid anymore. there is hardly any electri

the free syrian army fighters inside syria. they join what has been pretty much on the western border and the northern border we've had f.s.a. fighters backed by turkish forces move in from this area and also from the north intensive shelling we've been hearing here throughout the day that we've also been speaking to. will tell you that people are resilient that they will not give up their city they will not give up their. fighters are well trained and they have prepared for this they also say that. the city that there hasn't been on the city itself mostly along these border. villages are now somewhat empty as people have made their way further in to this region as this offensive goes on iraq's parliament. as the date for national elections the deeply divided parliament struggled to settle on a date the sunni community wanted to be delayed or wanted it to be delayed to allow for the return of three million people displaced by the fight against i sold the vote in may it will be the fourth since the two thousand and three u.s. invasion that toppled saddam hussein still ahead here on al-jazeera the. attempt to arrest one. welco

development with turkey opening a new front in the ground offensive free syrian army fighters will now move towards africa from the us. initially the f.s.a. forces entered syria through turkey from its west and northern borders and after the airstrikes and heavy shelling helped pave the way in the first twenty four hours turkey says it is targeting y p g fighters a kurdish group it says is a terrorist organization which also happens to be america's strongest ally in fighting isis and in syria as ever complicated web of regional and international allegiances enter russia key to allowing turkey to operate in a free in something many already knew but the turkey's president admitted to on monday for the first time. we will handle a free there's no stepping back from a free and we discussed this with our russian friends we have an agreement with them turkey's top military officials and intelligence chief for in moscow in the run up to the offensive russia had military personnel in africa in which it has now pulled out the people of africa and we've spoken to feel a sense of abandonment a feeling of betrayal echoed in a news conference by the

is just a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the free syrian army are taking part you know i'm not sure that. one of the f.s.a. fighters why he is involved in turkey's operation for some it seems it's personal. because they betrayed us and especially because they took over my city. i've been displaced along with many of my neighbors for two years living in the camps there are such bad conditions especially now in the winter. what our target escorts are telling us is that the front line with the kurdish fighters is just further along that mountain is also which is over to this side where there's been active fighting but what is clear here on the outskirts of city is how much of a presence they are of course supporting the free syrian army fighters the syrian rebels that are really taking a large part in this operation that turkey has undertaken against. the wall while we were here two bullets whizzed overhead. and we're told. to blame for this. sort of the you know they shot at us and our tires and stars. we move on and into the city. i saw was pushed out of here in two thousand and fourteen but life remains d

the border. we spot a few free syrian army fighters on the side of the road they are rarely seen this openly in turkey turkey has brought many of these f.s.a. fighters from syria and they are now waiting along the border for orders to advance we managed to speak to one of them who tells us the battle won't be easy record that. we're facing quite a few challenges first the weather didn't help us as it was foggy and raining second the y.p. tree has advanced snipers that's why we are taking it slower trying to control these mountains first. turkey's aim at the moment is to secure its border area with . airstrikes and artillery can be heard all along this area but we're told that the y.p. g a well prepared and know the terrain this could be a long and difficult fight stephanie decker on the turkey syria border british prime minister theresa may has figured out a three day visit to china. chang welcome to her and beijing and his visit is aimed at securing a free trade agreement with china as the u.k. prepares to leave the european union has brought along a fifty strong delegation of business leaders from sectors including financial services hea

the border. we spotted a few free syrian army fighters on the side of the road there rarely seen this openly in turkey turkey has brought many of these f.s.a. fighters from syria and they are now waiting along the border for orders to advance we managed to speak to one of them who tells us the battle won't be easy record that. we're facing quite a few challenges first the weather didn't help us as it was foggy and raining second the why p.g. has advanced snipers that's why we are taking it slow and trying to control these mountains first. turkey say with the moment is to secure its border area with afy. air strikes and artillery can be heard all along this area but we're told that the y.p. jia well prepared and know the terrain this could be a long and difficult fight stephanie decker zero on the turkey syria border now the u.s. government is winding down its disaster aid supports or despite thousands of people still being without power after her hit the island four months ago many fuel stations banks and supermarkets have reopened nearly all phone services are all operational but politicians in the territories capital are criticizing the

is just a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the free syrian army are taking part you know i'm not sure but. one of the f.s.a. fighters why he is involved in turkey's operation for some it seems it's personal. because they betrayed us and especially because they took over my city. i've been displaced along with many of my neighbors for two years living in the camps there are such bad conditions especially now in the winter. what our target escorts are telling us is that the front line with the kurdish fighters is just further along that mountainous. which is over to this side where there's been fighting but what is clear here on the outskirts of city is how much of a presence they are of course supporting the free syrian army fighters and syrian rebels that are really taking a large part in this operation that turkey has undertaken against. the wall while we were here two bullets whizzed overhead. and we're told. to blame for this. sort of the you know they shot at us and our tires and stars. we move on and into the city. i saw was pushed out of here in two thousand and fourteen but life remains difficult no

there's also been a build up inside syria by free syrian army fighters to the east of those are the rebels that turkey supports. turkey and reinforce the f.s.a. with thousands more men over the last few days these buses drove the fighters across the border into syria they will be part of a ground offensive against the y.p. ji the kurdish group turkey considers to be a terrorist organization it is also however the group the americans consider their best ally in fighting eisel the international dimensions are vast russia and now wants to pulled out a few hundred military personnel that had enough money in shortly after the campaign started and russia controls this air space meaning turkey could not be flying their planes without russia's consent turkey says it is only targeting what it calls terrorists but there are already reports coming out of africa in that civilians have been affected it seems syria seven year war is entering yet another phase stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. let's bring in our panel joining us from istanbul sinan ogun chairman of the center for economic and foreign policy studies in london going to