it's not only that, turkey is an economic lifeline for the krg. so maybe the krg would like to get rid of a force that could challenge its authority. their official line is we want to avoid northern iraq becoming a battle field. but the pkk, like i said, has been a thorn in their side. all these groups fighting isil, but no unity among them. this is the front line in iraq. across the border in syria, opposition groups have taken up arms against each other. there has been even more in-fighting, threatening the u.s. program to train and equip and to take on the islamic state of iraq. >>> kurds have been protesting against turkish air strikes in northern iraq. the demonstrators marched in the northern iraqi province. turkish fighter jets have been bombing members of the kurdistan workers party for a week. >>> yemen's vice president toured the southern city of aden. they drove out houthi rebel as week ago. they are traveling with several members of the cabinet. the coalition has been carrying out air strikes against the houthis since march after forci

and unlike the pkk, the krg enjoy good ties with turkey. not only that, turkey is an economic lifeline for the krg. the krg would like to get rid of a force that really could challenge its authority. the official line is that we want to avoid northern iraq becoming a battlefield but the pkk has been a thorn in their side. all these groups are fighting isil but no unity among them. this is the front line with iraq. across the border in syria opposition groups have taken up arms against each other. there has been even more infighting, threatening the u.s. program to train and equip a force to take on the islamic state in iraq and the levant. >> and for another night migrants have been attempting to cross the channel from calais into u.k. french riot police responded by spraying them with a chemical irritant. thousands of migrants tried to get into the town. they also have scaled fences to hop on freight trains or trucks destined for britain. and britain's prime minister david cameron has been criticized by the church of england for his, quote

turksey an economic lifeline for the krg.be the krg would like to get rid of a force that really could challenge its authority. their official line is we want to avoid northern iraq becoming a battlefield but the pkk, like i said has been a defendant thorn in their side. so all of these groups fighting isil but no unity among them. >> that was zeina khodr. turkib police using water canon and tear gas to break up demonstrations, people calling for peace. the crowd gathered outside the pro-kurdish people's party calling for an end to turkish air was crafts. i will bring in from the outside, it may appear odd that the president of a largely autonomous kurdish region is asking kurdish pkk forces to get out to protect civilians. the sense might be that he's glad to see them away from there anyway. >> that's true. historically, the krg's -- >> this is the kurdistan regional government? >> kurdistan regional government parties and pkk have been rival s. there is a historic rivalry but a contemporary issue here the kurdish regional g

turksey an economic lifeline for the krg. so, maybe the krg would like to get rid of a force that really could challenge its authority. their official line is, we want to avoid northern iraq becoming a battlefield, but the pkk, like i said, has been a defendant thorn in their side. so all of these groups, fighting isil but no unity among them. and this is the front line in iraq. across the border in syria, opposition groups have taken up arms against each other. there has been even more infighting, threatening the u.s. program to train and equip a force to take on the islamic state of iraq and the levant. this is thought to be an airstrike carried out by the u.s. to support its alneys syria. it targeted positions of the nusra front in northern aleppo. it came too late. nusra fighters had attacked the base of a group called division 30 and abducted its commander and several of its men. it was a message to the u.s. and the syrians who cooperate with it. >> the 30 infantry division is a group trained by the u.s. they entered syr

but it seems that the krg feel comfortable now that it is able to man these positions alone. we have to remember that there was a long history of conflict between these two kurdish groups, and that's why them allying with each other, joining forces was very unlikely, but the threat from isil was real. they were threatening the iraqi kurdistan region in the north of the country. but at the end of the day we have to remember that the krg, the kurdistan regional government has and enjoys good ties with the turkish government. turkey is their economic lifeline. the pkk has been a thorn in their side. the pkk has deployed to the sinjar mountains close to the border. we saw for ourselves that tensions were brewing between these two groups. the pkk were talking about areas languaging i linking it the territory, and that was making krg unhappy. this is what is happening in iraq. across the border in syria there have been developments in fighting among syrian opposition groups who are both fighting isil. we saw a syrian group, the syrian al-qaeda linked al nusra take up arms against a

it's not only that, turkey is an economic lifeline for the krg. maybe the krg would like to get rid of a force that really could challenge its authority. the official line is we want to avoid northern iraq becoming a battlefield. but the pkk like i said, have been a thorn in their side. across the border in syria opposition groups have taken up arms against each other. there have been infighting, threatening the u.s. programs to train and equip a force to take on the islamic state in iraq and the levant. >> this is thought to be an airstrike carried out by the u.s. to support its allies in syria. it targeted positions of the al-qaeda linked al nusra front in alone 1930, but it came too late. they had already attacked the base of a new back group and on ducted it's commander and several of its men. it was a message to the u.s. and syrian who is cooperate with it. >> the 30 infantry division is a group trained by the u.s. congress and u.s. trainers in turkey. it's a national army that america is trying to create in syria in order to fight terrorism.

this really angered the krg officials. but now barzoni calling on the pkk to withdraw from their bases in the mountains saying you're just giving the fighter jets to target the area and cause civilian casualties. these are two groups fighting isil with tensions between them. this is the whole question, between all of these groups there is no unity among them complicates the fight against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. >> there are tensions against opposition groups in neighboring syria. >> yes syrian opposition groups more infighting, another round of infighting, and this time it's the incident that involves a group that is allied to al-qaeda and a group that an allied to the united states. >> this is thought to be an airstrike carried out by the u.s. to support its allies in syria. it targeted positions of the al-qaeda-linked al nusra front in northern aleppo. but it came too late. they had already attacked the base of a new u.s. backed syrian group called division 30 and on ducted it's commander and several of

turkey is an economic lifeline for the krg so maybe the krg would like to get rid of a force that really could challenge its authority? their official line is that they want to avoid northern iraq from becoming a battlefield but the pkk has been a thorn in their side. all these groups fighting isil, but no unity among them. this is the front line in iraq. across the board in syria opposition groups have been taken up arms against each other. there has been more infighting to train and equip a force to take on the islamic state in iraq and the levant. this is thought to be an airstrike carried out by the u.s. in its support. news are a fighters had already attacked a base of the syrian group called division 30, abducted it's commander and several of his men. it was a message to syrians who cooperate with the it. >> it is trained by the u.s. it is a national army that america is trying to create in syria in order to fight terrorism. as you know america has classified news are a has a terrorist group. >> this new syrian group receives training from the u.s. in turkey to fight isil. >> they'

we have that with the united states, very significant with the allies in baghdad and the krg nations. in the iranian sense very few advisers compared to the u.s. 200 and comparison to 3000 u.s. but that is not the problem. the problem -- eric: unlike americans who are at headquarters? mr. faily: they have different techniques, different experience, and so on. there are commonalities, but we have to be extremely careful not to make parties. we need others. they talked about support in belgium. we need the political support. so we have done and outreach saying we need all parties to help us. we have a common threat with other countries, including iran. as much as we can get help, we have no psychological obstacle to any country in our fighting. eric: i will ask one more question and turn it over to the audience. i will have each panelist give a quick response. the main message from director comey last night was the messaging campaign, the strength of the propaganda machine isis has been generating, particularly in recent months. general allen, you have said there is an american message.