turkey's military begins firing into syria's a free and region that target kodesh fighter. hello i'm maria this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. egyptian president sisi else is he will run for a second term in office. is the gulf crisis a pretext to seize castles well that's the claim of a country royal who is seen as a saudi ally. in the poconos native in peru but he conscious control of a sea on his south american told. turkey has fired artillery into a kurdish controlled on clay the northwest syria across the border bombardment of a free and comes off the days of threats by president want to get syrian kodesh fighters known as the y.p. g. and the establishment of a kodesh corridor along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks there in preparation for a ground assault stephanie deca has more from un taqiyya insolvent turkey. the situation around the fifteen is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria sup

has now reportedly seized a key position in syria's afrin region as part of its operation against kodesh fighters the u.s. though isn't overly enthusiastic about the prospect of this campaign being stepped up. what we hope is that turkey is able to satisfy that it has addressed its security concerns all its border and it can limit the amount of fighting that goes on today our heroic soldiers are making history in africa and they will make history tomorrow wherever there are terrorists along our borders. to remind you the turkish army entered the africa region on january the twentieth to fight against kodesh forces regarded as terrorists by ankara the us has been assisting the kurds in their anti islamic state operation for the pentagon officials recently announcing the creation of a thirty thousand strong border security force in the region at the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson backtracked on the idea saying the plan had been misrepresented there reportedly leaving kodesh people feeling abandoned by the u.s. led coalition allowed this to happen there and what some of the kurdish p

regional analysts whether washington's kodesh allies will go along with the conditions they're being offered by the us. we have to be honest american right now using the kurds as a boots on the ground nothing more nothing less and then also to put pressure on turks to put pressure on russians to bring a peace deal to syria and get iranian out of that area and really this is a sad thing you know america betrayed the kurds in iraq and they're about ready to betray them in syria at this moment they're only staying around just again to put a pressure on turks and russian to make a deal and syria and argue turkey will will not stand by invade the kurdish area and this is a serious mistake and maybe america is allowing this to happen to kind of get turkey in trouble even i think. friends of the usa don't get stuck with the usa want there is no clearance in politics towards the region especially for the kurds to. say members. there is a problem if one member of not always treated. should. actually help them but you know. it is very difficult to see that as a threat because it's coming from

washington claims it was setting up a kodesh led border security force in syria off the tokyo reacted furiously to the initial announcement and quickly shifted military equipment straight to the border . president from costs on any told with north korea working. direct negotiations between the two koreas results in a breakthrough decision to compete under one flag at the winter olympics. frustration over migration regulations in europe are forcing switzerland to consider ending the free movement of people agreement with the e.u. . and a new leak from the front seabeds hacking group obtained by claims to question the basis of the doping allegations against russia. right now twenty midday here in moscow you're watching r t international news team here welcome to the program the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has significantly backtracked on the pentagon's earlier claims it was establishing a border force in syria however to listen says the initial announcement was simply a misunderstanding the entire situation has been mis portrayed mr scribed some people misspoke we're not creat

international washington backing tracks on claims that were setting up a kodesh led border security force in syria off to turkey reacted furiously to the initial announcement and quickly shifted to military equipment straight to the border. president trump doubt on any told with north korea working just as direct negotiations between the two koreas resulting in a breakthrough decision to compete under one flag at the winter olympics. and frustration over migration regulations in europe forces switzerland to consider ending the free movement of people agreement with the e.u. .

saying at least ten people are dead mostly civilians i incur insists the only casualties are being kodesh fighters and its army is taking all precautions to minimize civilian casualties ati's ego has done often when assessing the situation and looking at what brought me back into syria. this is what the situation on the ground in syria looks like right now afrin the region where the turks are carrying out their military or peroration the area highlighted in green is where the turkey backed rebels are to a certain extent at least they are helping ankara from the ground read the syrian army this is the syrian army guys they don't have any problem with the kurds but they do have a problem with these guys because this is the area of the green aires also the region which harbors. or nusra a terrorist organization and finally here you have man bridge there it is also it is a city also controlled by the kurds and it could be turkey's game plan erdogan has already said that after he's done with afrin man bitch is next this operation hardly came out of the blue you know the kurds have been histori

is continuing its advance into northern syria with tanks and helicopters ankara is fighting local kodesh militia groups which it considers to be terrorists. these are the latest pictures of the turkish offensive in syria troops have seized control of the strategic mount bossa according to government media in this video turkish soldiers are seen with fighters from the so-called free syrian army. well the turkish army entered the african region on january the twentieth president erdogan has vowed to send his troops further east to other kurdish held areas including man beach and on to the iraqi border the pentagon has been arming the syrian kurds for years due to their vital role in fighting islamic state and many kurdish fighters now feel abandoned by the us but we see that the us doesn't support our friend with thing that's double standards america has no tools to present directly with demanded the us or fills its promises and protects liberated areas include enough for an army then. the weapons have been provided to the white p.g.a. by the united states the americans haven't kept their

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this is deja news coming to you live from berlin until he finally kodesh militia across the border into syria with tanks and troops out there ready the country's defense minister says an attack on a coalition on tape has begun to go live to our correspondent in istanbul for the latest also coming up from the last storm in a decade gaza's britain the netherlands and germany feels when sleep at least a dozen dead and travel chaos across europe. tomorrow monsoon why.

shifts this is good news coming to you live from bali and dickie finds on kodesh militia across the florida into syria the tanks and troops at the ready to look his defense minister says an attack has begun. we get a live update from our correspondent in turkey also coming up a make or break germany's social democrats prepared to vote on whether to enter a coalition talks with chancellor merkel's conservatives or to go into opposition. president donald trump makes a year in office twelve months after.

against the regime such as maybe handing over some oil fields in there as already to the regime or some kodesh officials inside syria actually made said that russia actually offered them or as such i thought that they should leave off into the rich. team handover a friend to the region so that they can prevent a turkish offensive in the region which was which wasn't allowed by which would was an accepted by the white b.g. and in another interesting thing is that the focus of the battle inside syria has shifted very recently from. isis to power play between russia and the us and also an endgame in syria now we have two main forces on the ground that will probably either fight or negotiate a settlement in syria and russia wants to play as you point out in force his own yes mr weiss we're talking about three players with different agendas in syria turkey which supports the opposition and is keen about ensuring security all the border russia was supposed president bush other less of you know this is of america which been which has been the main backer of the kurds is there any concern that if the

potential to escalate further the turkish president says the operation will be extended to other kodesh held regions right up to the iraqi border because there are by washington which has its own personnel stationed in that region as well so he is now demanding they leave the area while local kurds are calling on america to help. see that the u.s. doesn't support safran the thing that's double standards america has no tools to present to directly demanded the us or fills its promises and protects liberated areas including now for an. invasion as a foreign occupation of the us out of right before turkeys are sold american military command had announced its plans to create a border force involving kurdish militias and that infuriated ankara the white house quickly backtracked saying no border force would be created but that was not enough to stop the turkish tanks from rolling into syria. and our sourcing the rhetoric coming from washington and ankara as of late. unbelievable is this real a nato member telling daddy you know i mean for me to come in behave yourself oral point a gun and am

but it would set up a kodesh border force something that enraged and. olympic peace north and south korea reach a breakthrough deal to large and compete under one flag at the upcoming winter games but that as western leaders decide it's time to up the ante against pyongyang . the pressure going. to intensify and the pressure just good to include cutting off diplomatic ties with north korea. and r.t. went underground after reports of drug related crimes are running out of control of the powers the metro the city's transport union says some train drivers are now refusing to stop at certain station it's. a very warm welcome only karen and you are watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest world headlines and the stories that shaped the week top story this hour turkish tanks are rolling into syria supported by air power and ground troops with ankara as a military operation against kurds in the region now in full swing. france has called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council over turkey's action in syria's afrin region if y

army rebels on its border with syria it's part of a military operation threatened against syrian kodesh fighters known as the y. p.g. based in the town of a fleeing the army has intensified shelling enough seen in recent days and says a ground assault could happen soon lebanese army soldiers have found the bodies of nine syrian refugees who froze to death trying to cross the border into lebanon they died during a snowstorm in a mountainous area near the border crossing patrols are looking for others caught in the storm and arrested two syrians on people smuggling charges and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story life and. the u.s. withhold aid for palestinian refugees the trumpet ministration says the u.n. agency responsible for the money needs reform palestinians say they are being punished for defying the u.s. over jerusalem so with humanitarian aid being used for political blackmail this is inside story. welcome to the program. or to give it its full title the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees is funded almost ent

has converted it's helping syrian kodesh try to set up a border force containing thirty thousand personnel the troops will man the borders of territory carved out of northern syria by the syrian democratic forces which are mainly composed of kurdish y p g fighters this is angered nato member turkey which is fighting kurdish separatists in its own country repeatedly threatened to capture areas on the kurdish control and is warning of an imminent attack on the syrian city of a free. hundreds of people have been protesting in the tunisian capital to mark seven years since the revolution that sparked the arab spring anger has risen over new austerity measures after a year of rising prices the government is now pledge seventy million dollars to help poor families but the protesters say this isn't enough. palestine's president mahmoud abbas has told the p.l.o. central council that the palestinian authority will never accept washington's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital but other palestinian factions including hamas and islamic jihad have declined an invitation to the event cit

forces to the east president has also threatened to attack kurdish held man bitch and his one pro kodesh opposition parties in turkey not to protest against the military operation. there has been nobody protesting on the streets so far the h.t.t.p. congress has not attended either anybody that he needs those calls a mix the mystical taking to the streets and high price i need to stress this this is a national struggle we will crush any one who opposes our national struggle. well stephanie decker is following everything for us from un taqiyya and so day two now of turkey's military offensive into northern syria what do we know about how the operation is progressing 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

potential to escalate further the turkish president says the operation will be extended to other kodesh held regions right up to the iraqi border because there are by washington which also has its personnel stationed there as well and turkey is not demanding that they leave the region while local kurds are calling on america for help. we see that the us doesn't supports our friend i think that's double standards america has no tools to get directly with the us or fills its promises and liberated areas including now for an. invasion as a foreign occupation of outside of the right before turkeys are sold american military command had announced its plans to create a border force involving kurdish militias and that infuriated ankara the white house quickly backtracked saying no border force would be created but it was not enough to stop the turkish times from rolling into syria it is just the latest strain on american turkish relations as artie's so american explains no matter how many times washington says encore its ally the reality is far from it as distrust between the two grows stronge

this is d w news coming to you live from bali and turkey steps up its offensive on kodesh militia inside syria. ground troops and allied syrian rebels advance on the cottage on cleave awfully in the keys president vows there's no stepping back and moves to silence dissent we get the college perspective on the conflict also coming up on the mike does conservatives want to see a quick end to coalition talks with the social democrats giving gentleman's the stable government promised after months of political uncertainty. plus the world economic forum opens in switzerland ben falloon from our business desk has the latest. go go on the ice and indian prime minister narendra modi hopes his soft power strategy will win over investors here at davos he says india is open for business. in a warm welcome to you i'm. turkey has intensified its offensive dubbed olive branch against kurdish militia in northern syria of all monitoring group says at least fifty four competence have been killed so far on both sides the turkish army and allied syrian rebel fighters crossed into the kurdish enclave of offe

this is news coming to you live from berlin until he finally kodesh militia crosses the border into syria with tanks and troops at the ready the country's defense minister says an attack on a goodish concaved has begun to go live to our correspondent in istanbul for the latest also coming up there was a storm in a decade gaza's britain the netherlands and germany feels when sleep at least a dozen dead and travel chaos across europe. tomorrow monsoon one year in office the daughter traunch twelve months does have polarized. from a u.s. congressman who compares tromso president to the early years of the nazis. and really really go to the future can strike a killer album leon that has been left out of tonight's game in. china well welcome to you i'm. turkey's defense minister says an operation has now begun against the kurdish controlled enclave off a friend and reports are coming in that turkish forces are firing shells across the border and this comes just days after turkish president vet you want threatened a full military intervention into syria to stamp out what he called nests of terro

would no longer supply syrian kodesh fighters with us is the headline news here on out of syria of the people in power next. head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed a satisfied for the state of their economy this is easily a study his biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. it's become one of the defining themes of all times a tidal wave of humanity in search of sanctuary from repression poverty in recent years millions have taken to the road in the hope that safety and a better life while sway some at.

all of branch was conducted by air forces and that nearly all targets were destroyed the servian kodesh y p g militia and his strikes killed six people well turkey has framed the offensive as part of the line of battle against kurdish separatists and southwest tookey but the air strikes raise for the tensions with its nato ally the u.s. we're joined now on and stephanie deck of his life arise from. the border with syria what's what's the latest you hang stephanie about what's happening in. well we're actually on the syrian border with turkey we're now in on takio we've been hearing intensive shelling and heavy machine gunfire from where we are also earlier the sounds of jets in the sky the military has now made us move just behind this mountain because they say there's a five kilometer sort of military zone in place but certainly it is an active ongoing fight turkish media reporting that f.s.a. fighters these are the syrian rebels that turkey supports have launched a ground offensive we're trying to confirm this we haven't been able to confirm that with turkish military or f.s.a. source

comprised largely of kurds it's something that infuriated ankara right before it launched its attack on kodesh positions in syria and the us secretary of state rex tillerson has since backtracked on the idea saying officials misspoke and that the plans had been misrepresented and the latest telephone call between ankara and washington has also become a source of dispute. president trump relayed concerns the escalating violence in africa syria risks undercutting i shared goals in syria here to take you to deescalate limited military actions and avoid civilian casualties the white house statement about the content of the phone call between trump and dick and we're probably drafted before the conversation took place because it did not reflect the truth but we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of

by the took a shot me in the world in syria leopard two tanks exported from germany have phasing kodesh forces in efren so he wants the tanks improved to protect against land mines chancellor angela merkel's can take a government would consider the request until a new coalition deal is signed us president trump has given his first international interview since taking office more than a year ago in the interview on britain's i.t.v. trump was questioned about his posting of empty muslim videos on twitter last year in the event but trump retreated three inflammatory videos from the far right group britain first britain's prime minister condemned the retreat calling it wrong i see v.s.p. as morgan trying to say sorry for the posts but he fell short of giving a categorical apology here's the exchange. just for the retreats of well if you're telling me i need to go a long way here's what's fair if you are telling me that are horrible people horrible racist people horribly i would certainly apologize if you'd like me to do that i know nothing about them and we disavow this of a people i don't

bombardment of a freend comes after days of threats by the president russia type one against the syrian kodesh fighters known as the y p g and the establishment of a kurdish card or along its border stephanie decker has more from antakya the situation around the city is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria supported by turkey are mobilizing towards the east of affluent and this is all in line with the political rhetoric that's been coming out of anger over the last week or so and all the headlines a country royal who was formerly a close ally of saudi arabia says the gulf diplomatic crisis has been manufactured in order according obtained by al jazeera chef abdullah bin ali a funny can be accusing both saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of fabricating the riff with cast or is a way to seize their neighbor's wealth politicians in the us are trying to prevent a possible government shutdown on the anniversary of donald trump's first year in office if a fun

people living there now the kurds they're in control of these big chunks of territory in the north kodesh group the y.p. g. is facing turkish air and ground offensive in northwest in offering ankara considers kurdish groups in syria terrorists turkey is also training its eyes now on monday in the east to push kurdish dominated syrian democratic forces east of the a free distributor in an attempt to further secure its borders and that might make the complex war of syria even more complicated because the s.d.f. is backed by turkey's nato ally the u.s. in its fight against isis. myanmar is accused of former u.s. diplomat who quit an international advisory panel on the range a crisis of pursuing his own agenda bill richardson a former close friend of mammals leader unsexy chief resigned from the group while it was making its first trip to russia and state he said c.g. like more leadership and that he didn't want to be part of a whitewash tensions came to a head when richardson raised the case of two voices reporters who were on trial in myanmar i was very unhappy and distressed right downtown

gee this after days of shelling and current fears the establishment of a kodesh corridor along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks there in preparation for a ground assault syria has warned against any operation and said it will shoot down turkish planes or turkish backed syrian rebels are also reported to have mobilized a free and turkey's president says the next target will be the syrian town of man beach which a u.s. backed kurdish led force captured from i still in two thousand and sixteen. we will wipe out this corridor will step by step starting from the west africa operation has defectors started in the field this will be followed but. since the promises made about have not been kept so far nobody could say eighty three when we do what is necessary. stephanie deca joins us live from near the turkey syria border and stephanie give us the latest on. military action in and around our free. will certainly those airstrikes have begun they began at five o'clock local time that's two hours ago we were actually at it ok should opposite syria watching the turks shelling throu

army rebels on its border with syria it's part of a military operation threatened against syrian kodesh fighters known as the y. p.g. based in the town of a fleeing the army has intensified shelling enough seen in recent days and says a ground assault could happen soon lebanese army soldiers have found the bodies of nine syrian refugees who froze to death trying to cross the border into lebanon they died during a snowstorm in a mountainous area near the border crossing patrols are looking for others caught in the storm and arrested two syrians on people smuggling charges and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story life and. the u.s. with holds aid for palestinian refugees the trumpet ministration says the u.n. agency responsible for the money needs reform palestinians say they are being punished for defying the u.s. over jerusalem so with humanitarian aid being used for political blackmail this.

all the developments a spokesman for turkey's president says an american operation to help syrian kodesh fight to set up a new border force is unacceptable under the u.s. plan thirteen thousand troops will man the borders of territory carved out of northern syria by the syrian democratic forces which are mainly composed of kurdish why p.g. feiss turkey has condemned the move as it fights kurdish separatists within its own borders of obesity threaten to capture areas on the kurdish control and a warning of an imminent attack on the syrian city of a frame. god willing in the coming days as we will continue the operation to purge our southern border from terror for which the first step was taken with the euphrates shelled operation and now with the frame. is genuine in that we expect america to support turkey and its legitimate efforts we expect our friends to display not achieved a perfect system and this issue of survival that is so sensitive and so critical for our country during the effort in operation i hope these powers will not give rise to error by appearing on the same side as the

well the kurds they're in control of all these big chunks of territory in the north kodesh group the y p g is facing turkish air and ground offensive in northwest in offering ankara considers kurdish groups in syria terrorists turkey is also training its eyes now on one bridge in the east to push kurdish dominated syrian democratic forces east of the a free distributor in an attempt to flood the secure its borders and that might make the complex war of syria even more complicated because the s.d.f. is backed by turkey's nato ally the u.s. in its fight against isis the british prime minister to resign may is under pressure to withdraw an invitation to the saudi crown prince of his country's war on yemen crown prince mohammed bin solomon is juicer visit london within weeks groups including stop the war and the arab organization for human rights in the u.k. are asking me to cancel his visit a saudi led coalition intervened in yemen civil war in twenty fifteen it's now the world's worst humanitarian crisis stephen bell is the spokesman for the campaign to block the saudi leaders visit an

a low welcome to the news our top story turkey has fired artillery into a kodesh controlled northwest syria across border bombardment of freedom comes after days of threats by president. against the syrian kurdish fighters known as the white peachy and griffey is the establishment of a kurdish corridor along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks there in preparation for a ground assault stephanie deca has more from antakya. the situation around the fifteen is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria supported by turkey are mobilizing towards the east of africa and then this is all in line with the political rhetoric that's been coming out of anger over the last week or so the last voice added to that the defense ministry on friday saying that the operation would happen that there should be no delay and that turkey had no choice but to rid of what they call terrorists along this border all of this very significant player is russi

on kurdish forces and their fight to secure the border area the operation to push out the syrian kodesh why p.g. is intensifying and president bush up typo to one insists it will succeed the white house has been more cautious and says turkey must exercise restraint stephanie deca reports from the turkey syria border. it's almost becoming routine shelling and heavy artillery fired by the turkish army into syria. the monday border new development with turkey opening a new front in the ground offensive free syrian army fighters will now move towards africa and from the us. in this day 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

syria's main kurdish parties urging the un to act quickly to protect kodesh controlled territories in the country's north the p y d has warned that one million people live in the own flavor of africa which turkey has threatened to attack president to one says he will launch an offensive soon to push out kurdish forces tanks have gathered on the tucking side of the border and cut a link to the city and why p.g. kurdish fighters to turkey's outlawed p k k party which has fought for autonomy for decades strongly criticized the u.s. for arming and funding the white p.g. which has played a significant role in the battle against i saw u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says he will take talkies account concerns into account but in a speech about syria there was no talk of stopping support for kurdish groups the united states hears and takes seriously the concerns of our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions a military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of syrian refugees and stabilizing areas of syria it is helped li

saying it should not have to face off against its ally when i encourage decides to storm kodesh positions in syria and it's off to washington truck bomb claims it was setting up a goodish led border security force the. president from cost down on any talks with north korea but working just direct negotiations between the two koreas resulted in a breakthrough to a solution complete under one flag at the winter olympics. frustration over migration regulations in europe forcing switzerland to consider ending the free movement of people agreement with the e.u. . from the fancypants group of pain by r.t. raises concerns about how the doping cases were handled during the rio olympics and twenty sixteen and questions the integrity of the sample bottle manufacturer. joining us on this thursday this is r.t. international. we do begin this hour with breaking news the turkish foreign minister is demanding concrete steps from the u.s. to end cooperation with kurdish groups in syria which ankara views as terrorist linked the minister added that washington has broken its promises and is unlikely to wan