is watching the situation to see if there was a city in the syrian regime actually of striking golan heights in their attempt to strike the rebels there which would turn into a regional war they're waiting to see what the americans will do and the americans have said that they will not be backing the doubles in this area at all so so much at stake here so many complexities and in the meantime we know tens of thousands of civilians in limbo it is a situation we have seen before amid the fighting in syria on trial for a with the latest on the situation we very much appreciate your reporting. a u.s. federal judge has ordered that children separated from their parents at the mexican border must be reunited within thirty days children younger than five must be back with their parents within two weeks you've ruled the judge also issued an order to stop the trumping ministration from splitting up any additional families who cross the border without papers the decision comes after weeks of outrage following the separation of thousands of children from their parents by immigration authorities last we

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pocket in the north the province is a strategic prize because it borders the israeli occupied golan heights and jordan where most of the civilians of fleeing to but jordan says it can't take in any more refugees and says its borders will remain shot. as more. as the battle for dead intensifies pro syrian government forces say they've taken control of the two towns a book sort of how do you know and really had an opposition in the eastern countryside videos like this one purport to show troops many of whom are believed to be iranian backed militia members entering was sort of how do you on tuesday the town has come under heavy bombardment and its capture is the first major government advance in this offensive that will allow the syrian army to advance more. of the. city of that i take it i think that connecting. with that and occupying the valleys of the which were full of. groups that forget that the group that will allow. me to advance first that i first thought of towards the city of that. by cutting off a key rebel supply line in our province more pro. government troops will be able to m

at the same time as egypt was crossing the suez canal and the golan heights to israel's north syria join the fray. and that is how that i turn to the president has said and said it is time he said that with god's blessing we start i picked up the phone and gave the operation code it was better but added bed it better but at. least. one hundred fifty syrian jets started the war with a massive aerial strike on israeli positions in the golan. minutes later a thousand artillery pieces opened fire paving the way for the ground assault and. three syrian. entry divisions formed of forty thousand troops and six hundred tanks cross the puppy line the ceasefire line after the nine hundred sixty seven war. two hours into the war the syrians gained their first significant victory when they captured israel's eye a key israeli vantage point two thousand meters above sea level on top of mount hermon this is what was that was well aware that the syrian paratroopers who carried out the operation advanced first on occurred then another unit was dropped by helicopters from where the battle mount hermon and

any offensive will be diplomatically sensitive borders jordan and is near the israeli occupied golan heights it's also part of a so-called escalation zone agreed in mid twenty seventeen by russia turkey and iran. it's not a mirage the coalition back in the government in yemen says it now controls the airport in her data but fighting with heathy rebels is going on in some areas in the northern part of the airport compound meanwhile martin griffiths the u.n. special envoy for yemen has just left the capital sana'a after three days of meetings with the rebels have a data sent us this update from the other side of the red sea in djibouti from where much of the aid bound for yemen is routed. heavy fighting is still going on inside the despite claims by the soda good solution that they have taken control of the albert residents of the city say the coalition troops off so far take him the main program where my mouth fighting for control of the possum the tunnels as well as the flight control tower who the fighters still holed up in the airport are said to be putting up stiff resistance the doormats

of in part of the golan heights which is disputed between israel and syria these understandings that you mentioned this they seem quite shaky moscow the u.s. and jordan they all agreed to deescalation zone around daraa a year ago now russia is involved in these attacks again why. well the russian side of the regime we've seen russia do the same in all other deescalation zones as well i mean remember what that was a deescalation zone too when we saw the events there the way the un for day and thousands were left stranded thousands have to then date the buses to it lives of russia has been siding with the regime with the machine you see is the look the rebels there are all kind of believe there ought of of the list are which is not factually correct there are people there are rebels who are all. jihadi sort of sick but then there are those with the free syrian army and other groups who are also there and that us with russia says these are terrorists just what assad says and hence we would have them now america is forcing russia to resolve the situation because russia is playing the big

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military support in southern syria near the country's borders with jordan and the israeli occupied golan heights deescalation zone was a stablished there last year including parts of the provinces of there and connection syria and russia have been carrying out air strikes on the rebel territory according to reuters the us government said in a message to the heads of free syrian army groups whom it has supported in the past i mean thousands of civilians have fled their homes in that province. has that story. this is the first time government forces have used battle bombs in daraa in the year. helicopters struck several villages in what appears to be a major advance to take over the city but this violates a truce that was brokered by russia and the united states in africa to bring an eye and to the seven year war the rebels who are losing ground remain defiant. we don't recognize assad's law for a t. he has destroyed our cities and killed our people he destroyed syria to stay in power we will never recognize him and we reject the presence of the reigning and afghan militias it's only syrians who s

on the fifth day of war israeli troops began to climb the strategic golan heights. and. still the injection of the beneath it had but malays and will continue to have good reason to be a little more true that. the modoc of some almost and many of us to. escort them out and it's a definite look at the i.d.f. and just really all about that possible. trudi yes she said that. but on the sixth day of the rule damascus radio made an unexpected announcement. syria had accepted the u.n. cease fire. with no advance warning given to troops fighting on the cover not the big. cost fatally undermined syrian army resistance. the man blamed for the army's collapse was the minister of defense. a man who defends tree rise to power in syria. hafez assad. the israelis pushed on and occupied the whole of the golan heights. let me. bolts from he. did this yes he and that the on it for that he could. not but in the south but i. assume. at the end of the six day of fighting and only one attempt achieved all its goals israel accepted to the u.n. cease fire. the guns fell silent. the arabs had s

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the province is a strategic prize because it borders the israeli occupied golan heights and jule with most of the civilians of fleeing too but jordan says it can't take in any more refugees and says its borders will remain closed mohammed jump jhoom small. as the battle for debt intensifies pro syrian government forces say they've taken control of the two towns above sort of how do you and me. in the eastern country some videos like this one purport to show troops many of whom are believed to be iranian backed militia members entering will sort of how do you on tuesday the town has come under heavy bombardment and its capture is the first major government advance in this offensive that would allow the syrian army to advance more southwards thought of the. city of that i take it i think that connecting so wide with that and occupying the valleys of the which we have full of. groups. forget that the group that will allow. me to advance fast that i first thought of towards the city of that. by cutting off a key rebel supply line in a province more pro-government troops will be able to mo

there was a volley of rocket fire israel said coming from syrian territory towards the occupied golan heights israel blamed that on the iranian revolutionary guard and responded with a huge blitz on targets within syria the biggest for several decades and then just last week there was a strike very close to the iraqi syrian border in which it was reported that twenty two iraqi fighters were killed so again no official comment no official confirmation from israel about responsibility for this latest attack but it would seem to fit in with what has become very much business as usual for israel's military chemical attacks in syria are being discussed at a special meeting at the world chemical weapons watchdog in the hague meeting with requested by the u.k. after a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter in england they've parker is at the conference and i hate. the o.p.c. w. has convened a special conference of the organization at the behest of the united kingdom that claims that there is an attribution gap in the world at the moment when it comes to apportioning blame and po

aiming to recapture the region around close to the border with jordan and the israeli occupied golan heights in the last twenty four hours it's believed twenty eight people have been killed in the strikes the area is meant to be part of a deescalation zone. well now to yemen where the president has demanded has the rebels withdraw from data province after talks with the united nations envoy to the country the un's martin griffiths has met a bit rubber months or hardy to try to negotiate a pause in the offensive to retake the city saudi led coalition backing hadi has been trying to capture it since earlier this month amnesty international has named more than a dozen myanmar military personnel they say are behind war crimes against the rangar in its latest report the human rights group has documented what it called a planned and systematic campaign that involved murder rape and for starvation our diplomatic editor james bays reports. amnesty international researches say they've uncovered devastating new details about the crimes committed against these people the right as they were expelled fro

the israeli occupied golan heights with the support. as the battle for debt intensifies pro syrian government forces say they've taken control of the two towns above sort of how do you and me. in the eastern that i countryside videos like this one purport to show troops many of whom are believed to be iranian backed militia members entering sort of how do you on tuesday the town has come under heavy bombardment and its capture is the first major government advance in this offensive that will allow the syrian army to advance more southwards thought of. the city of that i take it i think that connecting. with that and occupying the values of allies that that which we have full of. groups from the guy that forget that the group that will allow. me to advance fast that i'm fast out of towards the city of that out. by cutting off a key rebel supply line indah province more pro-government troops will be able to move in retaking the entire province of debt i would give the government control over its border with jordan all the way to the israe

rebel pocket in the north province is a strategic prize because it borders the israeli occupied golan heights and jordan where most of the civilians are feeling to but jordan says it can't take in any more refugees and says its border would mean closed has more. as the battle for debt intensifies pro syrian government forces say they've taken control of the two towns above sort of how do you know and really how can i push in the eastern that i countryside videos like this one purport to show troops many of whom are believed to be iranian backed militia members interest will sort of how do you on tuesday the town has come under heavy bombardment and its capture is the first major government advance in this offensive that would allow the syrian army to advance more southwards thought of the. the city of that i take it i think that connecting so wide with that and occupying the valleys of the which were full of. groups from forget that the group that will allow. the syrian army to advance first the first lot of towards the city of that out. by cutting off a key rebel supply line in our province

there was a volley of rocket fire israel said coming from syrian territory towards the occupied golan heights israel blamed that on the iranian revolutionary guard and responded with a huge blitz on targets within syria the biggest for several decades and then just last week there was a strike very close to the iraqi syrian border in which it was reported that twenty two iraqi fighters were killed so again no official comment no official confirmation from israel about responsibility for this latest attack but it would seem to fit in with what has become very much business as usual for israel's military russia iran and syria are opposing giving the world's chemical weapons watchdog power to assign blame for chemical attacks an emergency meeting of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has been held in the netherlands the meeting was requested by the british government following the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter in england sudan's foreign minister says that south sudan's president salva kiir and rebel leader rick my shop have reached an agreement

the targets liberating the sinai peninsula and the golan heights territories occupied by israel six years earlier in the six day war. israel is completely unprepared its regular army outnumbered its reservists not at present on either front. so the question of how to who is where which scored purchased because our troops just six years before the six day war permitted so to get into this situation there's us. yes or if it's their war with us because of the split. richard israel could abort or. that lightning victory brought with it an illusion of invulnerability. israel seemed secure behind a protective military cuts and. and despite intelligence warnings during september nine hundred seventy three of an upcoming arab attack the head of amman israel's military intelligence general. was convinced there was nothing to worry about. the dots close relationship with the soviets guaranteed a supply of military hardware. at the israelis knew he had been able to obtain the latest generation of attack weapons. without them israel's military might outweight egypt in the balance. but ever since the

the syrian golan heights. occupied by israel and the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war. still occupied to this day. this high plateau is a tranquil and beautiful place. but it is also scarred and defaced by the bloody fighting that took place here in october one thousand nine hundred seventy three. memorial stand to the israeli forces before to desperate battle to stop the syrian thrust which threatened to reach right to the heart of israel. in the first five days of warhead on the golan israeli losses alone amounted to two hundred fifty tanks and hundreds of men. it was and vicious for the syrians to think that they could penetrate significantly into the israeli rare over the course of twenty four hours but it was not wholly under realistic how the israelis not being able to respond flexibly it is entirely possible about a syrian exploitation force could have had a trade into northern israel with an attack. but it was not to be and less than twenty four hour as israel had mobilized two armored divisions which soon turned the syrian advance into retreat. on the tenth of

the syrian golan heights. occupied by israel and the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war. still occupied to this day. this high plateau is a tranquil and beautiful place. but it is also scarred and defaced by the bloody fighting that took place here in october one thousand nine hundred seventy three. memorial stand to the israeli forces before to desperate battle to stop the syrian thrust which threatened to reach right to the heart of israel. in the first five days of warhead on the golan israeli losses alone amounted to two hundred fifty tanks and hundreds of men. it was and vicious for the syrians to think that they could penetrate significantly into the israeli rare over the course of twenty four hours but it was not wholly under realistic how the israelis not being able to respond flexibly it is entirely possible about a syrian exploitation force could have had a trade into northern israel with an attack. but it was not to be and less than twenty four hours israel had mobilized two armored divisions which soon turned the syrian advance into retreat. on the tenth of oc

the syrian golan heights. occupied by israel and the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war. still occupied to this day. this high plateau is a tranquil and beautiful place. but it is also scarred and defaced by the bloody fighting that took place here in october one thousand nine hundred seventy three. memorial stand to the israeli forces before to desperate battle to stop the syrian thrust which threatened to reach right to the heart of israel. in the first five days of warhead on the golan israeli losses alone amounted to two hundred fifty tanks and hundreds of men. it was and vicious for the syrians to think that they could enter tricked significantly into the israeli rare over the course of twenty four hours but it was not wholly under realistic how the israelis not being able to respond flexibly it is entirely possible about a syrian exploitation force could have had a trade into northern israel with an attack. but it was not to be any less than twenty four hour as israel had mobilized two armored divisions which soon turned the syrian advance into retreat. on the tenth

trying to recapture the region the area is close to the border with jordan and the israeli occupied golan heights it's posed to be part of a deescalation zone and the situation and could be worse than the siege of aleppo in eastern alter that's the dire warning from the u.n. special envoy to syria our diplomatic editor james faces more. it's a pattern of violence that syria has seen a number of times before like darius aleppo in eastern guta it's been a carefully planned military offensive by the assad regime using artillery and other indiscriminate heavy weapons the syrian government's planes assisted by the might of russian air power the u.n. special envoy briefing the security council by video link said he was deeply concerned it could be like limbo and if they're caught that combined together in terms of the population in the area some forty five thousand people all of fifty dollars in the ear have already been displaced due to fly during the u.s. and its allies called out russia saying it and the syrian government would breaching an agreement on deescalation in southwest syria made last year

but one of the areas still controlled by rebels is land bordering jordan and israeli occupied golan heights a deescalation deal brokered by russia the u.s. and jordan last year and so far contain the fighting but the assad government says it will reclaim every inch of syrian territory. and the trumpet ministration has released six and a half million dollars in aid for all the lies ations in syria including the white helmets rescue group about israel and jordan explains it's only a fraction of what washington had originally promised. on thursday the trumpet ministration announced that it would be dispersing six point six million dollars to the syrian white helmets those are the volunteers who have been trying to provide emergency medical care to the people caught in the cross-fire of the little seven year old syrian civil war this money is going to be just first legally to accounts that the white house can access so that they can buy emergency medical equipment and supplies however this is a far cry from the two hundred million dollars which the u.s. had pledged to provide to emergency relie

they're trying to recapture the areas close to the border with jordan and these really occupied golan heights at least fifteen people have died in a fire in kenya's largest open air market the reuters news agency is reporting that dozens more people were injured in the blaze that broke out early on thursday morning at the markets in the capital nairobi as the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera of the inside story. as it takes a tougher line of migrants organized crime is making vast profits from their misery . people in palo investigates the state funded reception centers where the helpless are regions to commodities right for exploitation. goods. and. recruiting child soldiers in yemen both pro-government forces and the feces are accused of enlisting children to join the war and the un condemns the saudi that coalition forces most child deaths and injuries that we can hold any of the guilty to account this is inside story. welcome to the program i'm peter dubey now is considered to be the biggest battle of the three year war in yemen the fights for its largest ports.

to recapture all of a rebel held areas close to the border with jordan and the israeli occupied golan heights those are the headlines the news continues but right now it is people in power on al-jazeera. hundreds of thousands of migrants have arrived in italy over the past four years gaining sanctuary from violence and poverty but prompting an increasing of the toughest funds from the state others have been more welcoming those seeking to profit from the migrants misfortune we've been to investigate i would say the system of privately run reception centers as full and wide open to exploitation corruption and organized crime.

the israeli occupied golan heights.nd in the extremely complicated terrain of syria's war analysts believe deals have already been made i believe that . the americans that we have a good deal with the russians now they are going to stay out of this of this of this area and the syrian regime will take control of that will be good for everybody for the russians for jordan because jordan also although the jordanians actually are pretty concerned about any new influx of refugees inside jordan but they want very much actually to open the border crossing with syria because economically this is a very important lifeline for the jordanian economy according to the united nations forty five thousand people have so far fled the violence and headed toward the border with jordan concerns are growing about the humanitarian situation no matter the regime's recent advances rebel say they will continue to fight even as many wonder if this fight may be coming to an end. i'm joined now by james denselow the head of conflict and humanitari

the targets liberating the sinai peninsula and the golan heights territories occupied by israel six years earlier in the six day war. israel is completely unprepared its regular army outnumbered its reservists not at present on either front. so the question was out of israel which scored such just because of a victory just six years before the six day war or miso to get into this situation does us. the answer is the six day war was because of the split tucker thank you richard. israel can avoid earth loop. that lightning victory brought with it an illusion of invulnerability. israel seems secure behind a protective military cuts and. and despite intelligence warnings during september nine hundred seventy three of an upcoming arab attack the head of amman israel's military intelligence general. was convinced there was nothing to worry about. saddam's close relationship with the soviets guaranteed a supply of military hardware. at the israelis knew he had been able to obtain the latest generation of attack weapons. without israel's military might outweighed egypt in the balance. but ever si

well still in syria let me just show you this right there residents of the israeli occupied golan heights are expected to boycott october's municipal elections imposed by israel on the area they're calling them a red line so journalist noticed rights this year is golan heights municipal elections come as israel renews its push for international recognition if it's an exception and solve the clear its sovereignty over the syrian territory focusing primarily on recognition from the trump administration it's an interesting read which you'll find on the home page of al-jazeera dot com five women working for an anti trafficking charity have been gang raped in a rural area in the eastern indian state of jharkhand the attack has drawn strong condemnation from several political and social leaders sarah highrise is here with the details sarah well the woman was performing a street pay at school to raise awareness against human trafficking but they were then kid not writes in a nearby forest the activists were among several others abducted including men and a couple of nuns who also kid not but the

attack right now is happening in doubt that i was next to clean it up we need lies on the disputed golan heights a large part of which is already with israel now on tuesday israel did hit an area near damascus international airport in an attempt to tell the city regime that if the do attack we need to move a bit forward then reason could basically have another war with that war be between israel and city that will be between israel and hezbollah iranian proxy which is infinite or will it be between israel and iran these are the big questions whether that these activities that are taking place that assad is now frankly can bet on what's next. is a sensitive sort of reaction sensitive atmosphere in that region in that region and actually in all of middle east the israelis now waiting to see what the americans will do because russian media to see spy out of course this is a violation of the cease fire i russia is striking that all along with us are so if the americans don't do anything as they've said it said that they will not be back in that list then what israel does that's an open question that

the government control right up to the border with jordan all the way to the israeli occupied golan heights let's get some analysis on this now by talking with the ideas for how to use a strategic analyst and retired military general he joins us live from beirut what do you make of this offensive so wasn't dead a supposed to be a deescalation zone. yes the syrian army. had to take the two cities. and. thus connecting the government of. which all pro-government with the syrian. syrian deployed. that will allow the syrian army to advance more southward towards the at the city of that i take it i think that connecting. with. and occupying the valleys of our allies that which we have full of. groups of i forget that the group that will allow. me to advance fast that i first thought of towards the city of that out situation. is that the russian or putin taking part in this operation thus making a. political military aggression come out over all the operation of course on the ground we have. hezbollah forces. iranian gone sort of with them and it seems that the bottle of the dollar will soon out

strategically important it's on the border with jordan and it stretches all the way to these radio golan heights and as we've mentioned the u.s. russia and jordan agreed last year to include darragh as part of full so-called deescalation zones designed to reduce the fighting in syria. well syria's government has urged rebels to give up their weapons but so far they're refusing to recognize president bashar assad can and. we don't recognize assad's authority he has destroyed our cities and killed our people he destroyed syria to stay in power we will never recognize him and we reject the presence of iranian and afghan militias it's only syrians who should decide the future of the country arliss introduce our guest now from beirut we have sami nada who is director of the levant institute for strategic affairs from london we have mahmoud no our retired jordanian air force general and from events in italy via skype joshua landis director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma thank you all very much indeed for joining us can i start with you mark moon in london because t

tens of thousands of newly displaced people have fled to syria's borders with israeli occupied golan heights and jordan peele goes to jordan one of the most generous recipients of refugees on earth that they keep border open for people fleeing south there is no there is no other place to go but jordan says its border with syria will remain closed the kingdom already has six hundred fifty thousand registered syrian refugees. the u.n. says the fighting has also cut off vital cross border relief and aid supply routes it's asking the warring parties to stop fighting immediately. the u.n. the u.s. u.k. and france have condemned russia's role in the offensive for you years ago the u.s. russia and regional powers had agreed that i was one of the so-called deescalation zones of humanitarian access this done agreement designated there are three other regions as places that would be free of hostilities between rebel groups and forces fighting on behalf of bashar al assad's government the day i mean the day that this unprecedented air campaign by the russian jets adopting the scorched earth strategy is

of thousands of newly displaced people have fled to syria's borders with the israeli occupied golan heights and jordan peele goes to jordan one of the most generous recipients of refugees on earth that they keep border open for people fleeing south there is no rule there is no other place to go but jordan says its border with syria will remain closed the kingdom already has six hundred fifty thousand registered syrian refugees but. the u.n. says the fighting is also cut off vital cross border relief and aid supply routes it's asking the warring parties to stop fighting immediately. the u.n. the u.s. u.k. and france have condemned russia's role in the offensive for you but a year ago the us russia and regional powers had agreed that i was one of the so-called deescalation zones of humanitarian access this done agreement designated there are three other regions as places that would be free of hostilities between rebel groups and forces fighting on behalf of bashar al assad's government the day i mean the day that this unprecedented air campaign by the russian jets adopting the scorched earth

the targets liberating the sinai peninsula and the golan heights territories occupied by israel six years earlier in the six day war. israel is completely unprepared its regular army outnumbered its reservists not at present on either front. so the question of how to israel would score so just because our troops just six years before the six day war permitted so to get into this situation there's us. yes or if it's their war which because of the split. with. israel could abort. groups. that lightning victory brought with it an illusion of invulnerability. israel seems secure behind a protective military cuts and. and despite intelligence warnings during september nine hundred seventy three of an upcoming arab attack the head of amman israel's military intelligence general. was convinced there was nothing to worry about. saddam's close relationship with the soviets guaranteed a supply of military hardware. at the israelis knew he had been able to obtain the latest generation of attack weapons. without that israel's military might outweight egypt in the balance. but ever since the humiliati

golan forming a bulge and. recapturing a large part of the strategic heights.by midnight the syrians had made major gains but now strangely the order came to stop the advance and regroup for another assault in the morning. before them the road stretching down to the jordan valley and the heart of israel and defended. just a few kilometers to the east on the edge of the golan the positions which had they been taken would have been virtually impregnable. it's clear that the syrian army did not permit junior commanders discretion in how to act out and regardless of which senior person was in control in damascus nobody felt that they could just side to continue without the approval from damascus. president hafez al assad was controlling the syrian army with an iron grip. no one was allowed to act outside the original plan. or free of it nor can. he lived with us he had a bedroom at the command center he slept there and when he woke up he used to salute us and take his place behind the operations desk he was always there in the command center or in his room in the s

at the same time as egypt was crossing the suez canal and the golan heights to israel's north syria join the fray. that is hard as i turn to the president has said and said it is time he said that with god's blessing we start i picked up the phone and gave the operation cold it was better but added. better but at least. one hundred fifty syrian jets started the war with a massive aerial strike on israeli positions in the go on to sleep. minutes later a thousand artillery pieces opened fire paving the way for the ground assault and. three syrian infantry divisions formed a forty thousand troops and six hundred tanks across the puppy line the ceasefire line after the nine hundred sixty seven war. two hours into the war the syrians gained their first significant victory when they captured israel's eye a key israeli vantage point two thousand meters above sea level on top of mount hermon. this is what was the what was it the syrian paratroopers who carried out the operation advanced first on foot then another unit was dropped by helicopters from with a plan to mount hermon and both units wer

syrian rebels not to expect military support in southern syria near jordan and the israeli occupied golan heights deescalation zone was established their last year including parts of the provinces of the can syria and russia have been carrying out their strikes on rebel groups trying to expand their territory according to reuters the us government sent a message to the heads of free syrian army groups who would have supported in the past. now the polls open in less than three hours for turkey's landmark elections presidential candidates have held their final rallies the incumbent president recipe bird won as people to get out and vote but he attacked his opposition for lacking vision and boasted of his achievements in office such as new infrastructure and improved health care one has been in power since two thousand and three he called the snap elections team months early when his main challenger in shea has held a rally in istanbul he painted a bleak picture of turkey and one saying its currency would remain weak and its refugee problems are resolved six candidates are running for the presidency