in and do something about the growing islamist danger of the group is a syrian affiliate of the kurdistan workers party and its head mohamed is joining me live here on our team now to take this conversation a little bit further a big hello to you from moscow thanks for joining us today when it comes to a war zone it's so difficult to verify the reports coming out of syria what do you know at this point about the plight of your fellow kurds that we have of. the war. viewers really the situation in syria is getting war. by attacking this reporting. by those groups look we've got out of. we since the three months we have. and also of course. there were along for two months of our. players called suno or in africa. began. to involve you in or before and then. started in. what was if i if i can jump in for i'm terribly sorry to interrupt you here but the jihadists were previously focused on toppling the assad government why if they now switch to attacking kurds it's all a bit confusing. who would really be well maybe all month ago there were the announced they are going to. is the mc i mean it

kurdistan has sent entry of 3,000 refugees a day.ut that has been wrong, 5100 landed on tuesday alone. authorities have closed the bridge into iraq to try to stop the influx. the refugees are mainly kurds. aid workers say many children arriving are suffering from sufm dehydration from walking in the heat. we traveled to that region of iraq, and filed this report. >> reporter: some call it an exodus. others say they've never seen anything like it. thousands of tired, hungry and desperate people. since thursday syrian kurds have been crossing the border into northern iraq and more arrive daily fleeing from the war. this is norsheen. she fled, and it saved her life. >> they're killing us every day. they want the syrian kurds out of syria. we have nothing left in syria to live on. >> reporter: one of the groups fighting in syria and is said to be al-qaida affiliated. for many even the harshness they face here is better than syria right now. but trying to move these people to camps is a difficult business, and in the fierce sun tempers of

frome is the independent one tan --tan -- curtis kurdistan to turkey. kurdistan to turkey and the others -- what are we to make of those and how realistic are they? >> thank you. good to see you here. and same spirit. hydrocarbon law is one of the key political challenges for the rock or for the new iraq. on the basis of the iraqi constitution that gives all power and wealth among let's say, among the region, among the people. only recently the iraqi parliament passed a designation to enhance the powers of governance, of the local authorities any rock. it had -- in iraq. it has been a political issue between the krg and baghdad, the hydrocarbon law. there was an agreement in 2007 that was accepted by both sides but it did not materialize. because of the deteriorations of relations between the krg and baghdad, there has been a separation of thinking, of planning, of using the oil resources and approaches with turkey. and iran also. really, i am not pessimistic. i am optimistic for finding a resident -- a resolution for this. it benefits the country. it b

twentieth of july when militants launched attacks against kurdish villages saying members of the kurdistan workers' party were hiding their al-qaeda linked groups are reportedly aiming to set up an islamicist area on islamist region in this particular area this anti could push is that surviving syrian rebels and they accuse the kurdish fighters of siding with the regime of syrian president bashar assad but that is an allegation that the kurds deny they say that they are neutral in this whole conflict that goes well beyond borders well we spoke to her some harm and our leave the kurdistan democratic party representative in new york and he believes that the assault on the kurdish territories is aimed at undermining a political solution to syria's bloody conflict. some international powers especially turkey are taking a stand against the kurds and support attacks from all kinds of links and the islamic state of iraq and the leavened it also won't start till or attacks against the kurds to give these groups the upper hand and this comes at a time when we should be moving towards peace negotiat

a statement from the peace in kurdistan campaign calls on the other to defend the kurds a from massacre and ethnic cleansing as after the kurdish democratic union party appealed to the e.u. on thursday also calling to the world for help and protection from what they see as genocide against a people let's take a look at that statement peace activists in kurdistan are asking the you want the u.s. and the e.u. to act now to stop what they call brutal massacres demanding that they stop sending weapons to groups in syria using them to attack civilians and committing war crimes the statement also says that turkey's role in fueling the conflict in the kurdish enclaves in syria needs to be examined as well as all those delta turkish claims that it is not involved and that it doesn't support al qaeda linked fighters kurdish politician her son mohammed the things of the support the syrian rebels are receiving from abroad is to blame for his people's plight. all of this is happening because the rebels have been on from abroad by countries that do not want democracy and peace and. turkey in the gul

and we spoke to his son mohammed ali the kurdistan democratic party representative in europe he believes that the assault on the kurdish territories is aimed at undermining a political solution to serious but bloody conflict. some international powers especially turkey are taking a stand against the kurds and support attacks from al qaeda. and the islamic state of iraq and the leavened it also launched artillery attacks against the kurds to give these groups the upper hand and this comes at a time when we should be moving towards peace negotiations where a solution to the syrian crisis should be discussed as well as the kurdish issue the rebels have links to foreign states who have their own agendas in syria they want chaos in the area to show that syria is far from stability. stay tuned for more of today's story after the break. the a. little oh. i. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the c.r.p. interviews intriguing story to tell you. the. arabic to find out more visit our big don't know it's ca

actually the peace in kurdistan organization and their activists are asking the united nations as well as the u.s. and e.u. to act now to hold the ethnic cleansing there demanding that western powers stop sending weapons to groups in syria which use them to attack civilians and commit war crimes these statement also calls for probe into turkey israel and fueling the conflict in those kurdish areas and. dollar the direction of the damascus center of strategic studies joins me now live to discuss the plight of the sea where the kurds mr abu abdullah welcome to all she is good to have you with us so you are in syria now what do you know about what's happening in the north of the country can we call it ethnic cleansing that. as a matter of. what's going on in the north of syria. but relation origin they are syrian citizens on the record they are part of the syrian so safety was going on in the north of syria that. there is a massacre against syrian citizens it doesn't matter the our courts or what have been in the north of that there get this here more time in the north of syria we are in

is coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the leader of a rocky kurdistan has said that his forces could intervene to protect fellow kurds in neighboring syria who are facing a daily on slot from jihad is to militants the al qaida linked factions which initially flooded into syria to fight against the government there are now seeking to set up an islamic state in the country's northeast reports on the plight of the kurds. we've been speaking to eyewitnesses relatives and also kurdish journalists and from the sequence of events that we've been able to piece together that commie nineteenth of july you had an assault by islamist extremists at that stage they placed a bomb in a local kurdish school they also rounded up and abducted a number of civilians the very next day a number of kurdish houses in various kurdish enclave were blown up it was also an entire kurdish village that was destroyed and some five hundred people were kidnapped that violence continued into early august when you had the report of killing at least some seventy kurds and the abduction of

twentieth of july when militants launched attacks against kurdish villages saying members of the kurdistan workers' party were hiding there. now we have been seeing reports that al qaeda linked groups are reportedly aiming to set up and islamised area on islamised region in this particular area this anti could push is that surviving syrian rebels and they accuse the kurdish fighters of siding with the regime of syrian president bashar assad but that is an allegation that the kurds tonight they say that they are neutral in this whole conflict but the problem is that the confrontation has broken out into open warfare we've been hearing reports of massacres behaving kidnappings and other atrocities that are being perpetrated against the kurds again i want to make the point that the priority of the rebels and most of the reason chris to me what we're seeing is is is shifting from purely wanting to find against the regime and to draw other attacking minorities establishing essentially a jihadist state this is a conflict that goes well beyond borders. and doesn't eat our cheese poles clear thank

and do something about the growing isn't the most danger of the group is a syrian affiliate of the kurdistan workers party and a bit earlier in the program i spoke to its head mohammed. like i meant to step in but at least they moved to cut their support to this kind of i mean cell of his. organization was because i mean this is. two people in our move the head work cut i mean obviously two people there were. a few ji members or p.g. members and there was lots of i mean just. just like man it was no use for them thousands of people now they're homeless they left their homes and hundreds of them there were. some of them nobody knows where they are now. this week has also seen unusual assessment of america's strategy towards the syrian war from one of the top defense figures in america or the cia's second in command has warned that the spread of extremism in the country is posing an ever greater threat to u.s. national security deputy director michael morrell says if indeed the assad government collapses with its massive chemical arsenal the country could become a haven for al qaeda terrorists

people in the west of kurdistan in fear facing a very bad situation now because of that. because of this economy called reasons maybe i might not even with syria ism of the last name calling tree why in your opinion the syrian kurds are being targeted by militias. oh. you know what works and yes i'll repeat one more time will syria is a mole to ask nick country why european are there syrian kurds being singled out and being targeted by militias oh i don't know it's really because those militias were attacking those sentences that don't believe it but who my eyes and. me. know that the devil was before the people you know it is truly really very mean minorities maybe a little too small. but otoh it's news leading to gather and seem to have to accept their warmth all that is improving most of them and what the trying to do is to establish the. units in the in the reserve which is not that simple but all the compliments of the. group to some people sitting right sally muslim mohammed thank you so much for sharing your views with us here on our team as a leader of the democra

it's now 16,000 people, and there are others like it across iraqi kurdistan.y are up to capacity. they don't have anymore capacity 11. if there is a mass influx of refugees, they'll need international help, however the u.n.'s refugee agency is facing a funding crisis, not just here, but across the region and world. where they're going to get the money they need to deal with anymore refugees remains to be seen. it's simply a very scary prospect for those who work in the aid world and for the people affected by all of this. >> so many countries say that they don't want to be involved or at the very least pledging some sort of humanitarian aid, has that been helpful at all? >> it's very difficult to hear you. the soil here and the sand is kicking up. i think what you're trying to ask me is about the humanitarian aspect of this. this camp is still being built. it steel needs a lot of work. it doesn't have water or facilities require. it's also the school year coming up very shortly. it doesn't have schools or rehabilitation centers. a lot of work needs to be done

but we spoke to haass on muhammad ali the kurdistan democratic party representative in europe he believes that the assault on the kurdish territories is aimed at undermining a political solution to syria's bloody conflict. because the. international powers especially turkey are taking a stand against the kurds and support attacks from occurring doing so newsroom and these lawmakers state of iraq and to live and it also launched attacks against the kurds to give these groups the upper hand and this comes at a time when we should be moving towards peace negotiations were a solution to the syrian crisis should be discussed as well as the kurdish issue the rebels have links to foreign states who have their own agendas in syria the ones chaos in the area to show that syria is far from stability. a massive flood sweep across russia as far east the region's main city does the utmost to defend itself from the advancing waters as we continue to bring you the real life stories from the devastation. and when your home is no longer your castle even a thousand pound debt can now force brits into selli

board is now the kurdistan democratic party representative in europe claims the plight of the syrian kurds plays into the hands of those with an interest in prolonging the conflict. and some international powers especially turkey are taking a stand against the kurds and support attacks from al qaeda. and the islamic state of iraq and the leavened it also launched thirty illiterate attacks against the kurds to give these groups the upper hand and this comes at a time when we should be moving towards peace negotiations where a solution to the syrian crisis should be discussed as well as the kurdish issue. the rebels have links to foreign states who have their own agendas in syria they want chaos in the area to show that syria is far from stability. i had the relentless floods that put swathes of russia's far east into a state of emergency and will bring you here in our timor life stories from those who decided to stay put the spy dreadful forecasts promising even heavier rains and that's in just a couple of minutes. to . speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's al

own territory and inflame the situation further there are going it's already inflamed in turkish kurdistan so it's it's a very emotive sided complex. conflict that's going on if you're going to try and pinpoint at mit is there any particular faction one faction one group militant group that would have an axe to grind against the kurds who could have done this in other words and is it part of the opposition the syrian opposition or something different. this is still not very clear we still are not sure exactly what happened and nevertheless what we have seen in the last few days and the last few weeks is that there has been an escalation of the fighting between the north up front and some other syrian opposition groups with the kurdish groups represented by first by the union and democracy party but then other kurdish groups including one kurdish group which was with the syrian free army has shifted its position and is now supporting the kurds because it's worried very much worried and concerned about the situation that's developing in the kurdish areas and about the fate of the kurdish pop

always seem to grab wherever the energy resources are they may own the south sudan and they own kurdistan in iraq. so libya has been broken up into a solid the east and a half the supporting west so that's the strategy is to break up all these countries and syria would be the icing on the cake yell clay design thing israel's enemies one by one how strange the one country never attacks ever israel so this leads you to wonder what the heck is going on you know what kind of radical islamic group is this that smuggle drugs and never attacks israel and whatever it does always seems to be in the interests of israel i think it's that they've created a brand with al-qaeda that is designed to siphon off anger in the arab and muslim worlds so roland's mixed who would win well first the chances are that the world would not go well for the us this has been were game to death for instance the atlantic monthly which is a neo con publication serving the interests of israel actually spent a huge amount of money to do a very very elaborate simulation of all of the possibilities for a war with iran and the

kurdistan regional authorities suddenly open access to a bridge, now reportedly closed.t have you been able to gather as to why there was this sudden flood of people going in? >> we are still investigating the allegations. there are reports in northern syria, in areas or towns that are very close to turkey. there are clashes between kurdish troops and rebel groups believed to be islam is groups, basically. from the reports that we are receiving, and of course the investigation is still ongoing, there are very worrying reports about some killings of civilians, kurdish civilians. that is why we believe that one of the reasons possibly -- this is one of the reasons why they are fleeing in such large numbers. they are fleeing the areas because in some of the areas, they are finding it difficult to cross into turkey because the islam is armed groups are in control of the main exit areas to turkey. >> as we ask what the outside world is going to do about all of this, that brings us to the point that it is becoming more polarized, and throwing the cat in amongst the pigeons, a

in kurdistan as we have just heard where the kurds control the area there is a danger of cross-borderiolence, so not a great situation -- a horrible situation, obviously. the united states so far has donated $1 billion. the state department will be quick to tell you that is more than any other nation, but donating $1 billion towards the refugees, richelle. >> let'sinternational cooperation to address what is happening. i'm going to read you a brief quote. mccain. >> so the debate will continue. mike viqueira thank you so much. >>> at least 29 people are dead and 350 injured after two bombs exploded outside of two mosques. al jazeera is on the ground in the section of tripoli where the second blast occurred. >> reporter: two mosques were targeted in the northern city of tripoli. behind me you can see the destruction and carnage. there is a lot of chaos here. people are angry and upset. we believe they were car bombs and they went off almost simultaneo simultaneously, and according to people here, the people were still inside the mosque when the explosion went off. they say these attack

. >> reporter: in iraqi kurdistan, 10,000 children have arrived here since thursday. and the un says registering them is top priority. >> now they are identifying all of the children of their school age and also the chirp with the special needs, so this information will be relayed -- relayed to unicef, and unicef then after will work on them regularly. >> reporter: this camp has a long way to go before it is ready to deal with the needs of children. so for now the children help out as best they can, and play in the dust of the camp. it's a very grim picture here, and so is this un report. the big problem is going to be the psychological effects on the children. unicef says they are seeing the kinds of effects they are seeing across the region, not just here, children being unable to speak, others simply lying in their tents frightened and scared and unable to move. i have seen those effects, dealing with that long term is going to be the key. now they have to set up schools, rehabilitation centers, and child psychologists. that will take time and money. now the border

the resurgence of violence probit authorities to reopen the border in july 2 family members iraqi kurdistan, and the country is bracing for more refugees in the coming days. >> in china, devastating floods at opposite ends of the country have left 74 people dead and hundreds of thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes. that is according to state media. flooding in the northeast is described as the worst in decades. seven people were missing and quan dong, where 510,000 were evacuated because of the rain. in japan, residents of the hadhern city of kakushima been busy watching ash off of the streets after a nearby volcano spewed a record high smoke plume into the sky, as high as five kilometers off the volcano on sunday afternoon, propping the highest since since the japan meteorological agency started keeping records in 2006. masks andwore raincoats to shield themselves. officials said no injuries or damage was reported, though. back in a few minutes time with more headlines. do stay with us. >> a week even at 7.68 meters. it made a difference on his last jump as he made history wi

in violence is prompting syrian kurds to cross 52 iraq, being housed in camps accreditation iraqi kurdistan. >> for a home she may never see again. mohammed arrived into this camp on saturday. she said she escaped after her husband was killed. she is the sole bread wirnler b. >> our house was destroyed by shelling. my husband stayed behind and in may he was killed by armed men. i don't know who they were, terrorists, free syrian army, i don't know but they put my husband in a barrel and shot him like an animal. >> the turkish government opened the border, the sheer numbers of refugees crossing the border means stretched provisions. registering between 25 and 50 tents a day but it is a slow process and there are some that haven't been given tents yet. so they sleep outdoors. the yeunt united nations refugee agency. >> it's extraordinary to think that this vast camp didn't exist. the spillover into the region is clear to see, imran khan, al jazeera. >>> prime minister kevin rugs and opposition leader tony abbott answered questions from hundreds of undecided voters. both promised to tackle hea

members of the group fled over the last four days into the autonomous rocky region of kurdistan. they have to track across mountains. daytime highs rose to 40 degrees celsius. many children suffered from heat exhaustion. they were treated after they crossed the border. the refugees are escaping battles in northeastern syria between kurdish groups and opposition militants with suspected links to al qaeda. u.n. officials are trying to cope with one of the biggest influxes of refugees since fighting between syrian government and opposition forces began in 2011. >>> the deputy foreign ministers of japan and russia are discussing ways to settle a territorial dispute over four small islands off hokkaido. japan claims the islands which have been controlled by moscow since the he had end of world war ii. they began talks in moscow on monday. >> translator: we would like to start discussing timing and negotiations over a peace treaty. >> translator: i will work with mr. morgalov to fulfill the important mission given to us by our respective national leaders earlier this year. >> japan and

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campaigners who is seeking urgent protection from the international community now at the peace in kurdistan activists are asking the united nations as well as the u.s. and the e.u. to act now to stop what they call brutal massacres happening there also demanding that western powers stop sending weapons to groups in syria that are using them to attack civilians to commit war crimes the statement goes on to say as well to call for a probe into turkey's role in fueling the conflict in the kurdish areas of syria kurdish politician has sat mohammed ali thinks the support that the syrian rebels are receiving from aboard is the main cause of his people's plight right now. all of this is happening because the rebels have been on from abroad by countries that do not want democracy and peace and syria turkey in the gulf monarchies are arming these terrorists meanwhile western countries are turning a blind eye to all those they're ignoring the atrocities being committed against the kurds we're calling on the west to stop supporting the rebels and to assist us otherwise these extremist forces could eve

some of the kurds in the eastern part of syria, would like to break off and join iraqi kurdistan.nd begin that long march. this country could break apart. also the russians and the iranians don't want to lose those mediterranean bases in syria north of lebanon, and that would be very difficult to patrol, a no-fly zone over some of those sites, which have been very well protected. >> we have been asking our viewers what they think about the syrian situation, and let's go to our social media producer for that. >> today we asked this question, do you think the u.s. should intervene in syria, if it's proven that the syria government used whim call weapons. 68% of you said no, and 32% of you said yes. ambassador, the numbers closely reflect the reuters' poll. why do you think americans feel this way? >> as i said earlier and as chris hill said, they are very wary and wary of the involvement in these sectarian ethnic struggles, and which cross -- which transcend boarders. you have iraqi sunnis backing different groups, you have shiites and alois working with iraq and iran. and the ameri

nothing short of genocide and they are asking foreign powers to throw them a lifeline the peace in kurdistan activists who want the united nations. well as the u.s. and e.u. to act immediately to halt what they say is that cleansing they are demanding that western powers stop providing groups in syria with weapons since they fall into the wrong hands and are used to attack civilians the statement also calls for a probe into turkey's role in fueling the conflict in kurdish areas syria's democratic union party has sent a letter to the european union appealing for it to step in and do something about the growing islam is to danger investigative journalist manual oxon writer believes both turkey and the u.s. have links to the radical groups fighting in syria. they are international for us especially the international geopolitical interests of turkey was a very important nato member we shouldn't forget that nato troops also german troops are now at the turkish syrian border with patriot rocket systems heading against syria so we have turkey on this site and it's long turkey place this important r

nothing short of genocide and they're asking foreign powers to throw them a lifeline the peace in kurdistan activists want the united nations as well as the . u.s. and e.u. to act immediately to halt the ethnic cleansing there demanding that western powers stop providing groups in syria with weapons since they fall into the wrong hands and are used to attack civilians the statement also calls for a probe into turkey's role in fueling the conflict in kurdish areas syria's democratic union party has sent a letter to the european union pealing afford to step in and do something about the growing islamist danger investigative journalist emanuel oxon writer believes that both turkey and the u.s. have links to the radical groups fighting in syria. like i meant to step in but at this they mean to cut their support to this kind of i'm in. i'm in the organizations because i mean it isn't even. two people in our head look but i mean obviously two people there were. members. p.g. members and there was lots of i mean just. just like man it was all you slow them thousands so free people are homeless the

this week calling for help and protection and the peace in kurdistan campaign has urged that while to defend the kurds from massacre and ethnic cleansing and they're asking the jew and the you are sandy hue to act now to stop what they call brutal massacres demanding they stop sending weapons to groups in syria which could be used to attack civilians and commit war crimes the statement also says take israel and is fueling the conflicts in because it is done in kurdish enclaves in syria and it needs to be examined as well the authorities down takesh claims that it's not involved or that it doesn't support al qaeda affiliated fighters that investigative journalist and writer has been closely following the issue of tacky and the us have links to the radical groups fighting in syria. are international interests especially the international the geopolitical interests of turkey was a very important nato member we shouldn't forget that nato troops also german troops are now at the turkish syrian border with patriot rocket systems heading against syria so we have turkey on this site and it's

earlier this week calling for help and protection and the peace in kurdistan campaign has the world to defend the kurds from massacre and ethnic cleansing they are asking the un the us and e.u. to act now to stop what they call brutal massacres demanding they stop sending weapons to groups in syria which could be used to attack civilians and commit war crimes the statement also says turkey's role in fueling the conflict in the kurdish enclaves in syria needs to be examined as well its authors doubt turkish claims that it's not involved in that in that it doesn't support all al-qaeda affiliated fighters investigative journalist manual or shin writer who has been closely following the issue alleges both turkey and the us have links to the radical groups fighting in syria. i don't expect any international reaction except. protests to right now i don't think so because they are international interests especially the international the geopolitical interests of turkey was a very important nato member we shouldn't forget that nato troops also german troops are now at the turkish syrian border