or kurdistan workers party positions in the mountains. the p.k.k. declared the ceasefire with turkey dead. turkish officials were not phased. >> whenever we see a dekeys or the vanishing of the threat we will make a reassessment. the third wave of operations are a part of this. this is the major shift in policy. for turkey, i.s.i.l. declared war in the border town of sarouge. turkey's decision to actively engaged has a lot to do with battlefields in northern syria. the government is concerned about i.s.i.l. threatening groups in the stronghold. it is worried about what it sees as the growing strength of syria's kurds. syria's kurds, the y.p.g. is linked. it would be a red line if kurds create a state. officials blamed u.s. air strikes for helping the kurds gain ground. there are those that believe a deal with the united states addressing concerns. >> turkey doesn't want the territory. now it withdraw support. it will not last forever. now the u.s. and turkey are working together. turkey's fear is that syrian's kurds or i.s.i.l. can drive out the opp

those operations are also going after kurdistan workers party militants and other marginal leftist groups. so far, 320 people have been detained. we don't know the breakdown. we don't know how much of it is isis and how much of it is the pkk, but we do know that there have been more than 30 foreign nationals that have also been swept up in the detention wave. we don't know where they're from and we don't know which organization they're suspected of being a member of but really in turkey over this last week which started with the terrible move of the suicide attack carried out by isis that claimed the lives of 32 people the fight and the toughening of stance is very, very palpable. >> great insights here. and certainly, when we talk about this fight against the kurdish workers party, the pkk. i have another question for you, just when it comes to the u.s. military now using these air bases in turkey. how significant will that be? >> well the statement was made that turkey is going to take a more active part in the coalition and that the coalition and u.s. would be allowed within a certain

as vigorously as the kurdistan workers party. really not a surprise that this is heapg although this has been a game changer of the day when i.t. comes to turkey. there has been a lot of escalation as far as their fight against i.s.i.l. >> mohammed jamjun there. turkey has had a long history battling pkk or kurdistan workers party. created in 1935, the pkk demanded an independent state for kurds in the region. group began a violent campaign against the turkish government in 1944. 1949 he is captured and sentenced to death but later commuted to life in prison. after secret talks the pkk declared a unilateral ceasefire in 2013. be american kurdish information network he says turkey should try to solve its problems at home before intervening in other countries. >> last month there was an election in turkey and president erdogan wanted 400 deputies to be elected for the -- for his party and then he would become the president of more authority more privileges. and he lost that, and since things have not gone well. even during the elec

the kurdistan workers party. >> talking about that declaring war on the pkk it seems that the coalition partners are distancing themselves from that action. >> reporter: yes, at the end of the day the utle is in a very difficult position, it lists the pkk as a terrorist organization, but it has been the kurds. the kurds have proven to be reliable partners. now, especially here in syria the coalition has been providing air cover to syria's kurds the ypg force turkey considers the ypg an offshoot of the pkk. it did condemn pkk terrorist actions in turkey when it killed two policemen in revenge for the suruc bombing. but at the same time, it's calling for restraint and a very important line coming from an u.s. official saying the air strikes, turkish air strikes against pkk is not connected to the increased cooperation with with the u.s. and turkey. it wants to make clear the coalition strategy is just to defeet i.s.i.l. but turkey's decision undoubtedly has caused some domestic opposition especially from prokurdish parties. they believe that the ruling party and president erdogan is tryin

they will go after groups like isil as vigorously as they go after groups of kurdistan workers party. this has been a real game-changer of a day when it comes to turkey. there has been a lot of he escalation as far as their fight against isil. >> the turkish president urged his country to trust his country and his government. >> these are the steps against our national security. our state and government will take needed action against any attack no matter what it is. it is not only for last night. we'll take the necessary precautions for our nation's security and peace. last night was just the start of this. and we'll keep going on the same way. >> we're a different struggle for now on. we'll do whatever is needed in this struggle. our nation should trust their states. >> al jazeera's roslind jordan has this update from washington, d.c. >> the obama administration is welcoming turkey's decision to allow the military to use two air bases near the turkish border with syria. that's going to make it a lot easier for u.s. fighters to actually launch air attacks on isil targets in northern

it's also hitting areas in northern iraq, but the targets there belong to the kurdistan worker's partyr the pkk. it's considered a terrorist organization by turkey. >> i have said that the massacre was an attack against turkey against democracy in turkey and against public order in turkey. isil was behind it, and they have been reacted to appropriately. there are some circles who wanted to create chaos in turkey and they were supported by the pkk. and their actions were targeting fundamental rights. mohammed jamjoom is following developments for us in killis on the border with syria. mohammed, it seems very clear that the turkish government is bringing together both isil and the pkk as target did. >> reporter: >>> airstrikes from turkey take off from basis in turkey but also in going after the pkk. in fact, we heard a short while ago that the prime minister called the president of iraqi kurdistan and told him that so long as the pkk continues attacks in turkey and on turkey that these types of bombing raids will go on, turkley take any measures necessary to protect its borders. this is

the campaign has expanded to target bases in northern iraq belonging to the kurdistan workers party or the pkk. it has put an end to the fragile cease-fire bringing fears of renewed violence. >> turkey is at war on two fronts. it's jets are now hitting targets across the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign against isil and syria turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting pkk or kurdistan workers party positions in iraq's mountains. they declared the already 2013 cease-fire with turkey dead. >> turkey has talked about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see the vanishing of the threat, of course we'll make a reassessment. the third wave of operations is a part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey isil declared war when it was in a cultural center on monday. but many here believed turkey's decision to actively engage in the fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government here is concerned about isil threatening syrian opposition groups in their strongholds in aleppo province.

the targets belong to the kurdistan's worker's party, the pkk.s considered a terrorist organization by turkey. >> i have said the massacre was an attack against turkey against democracy in turkey and public order in turkey. is ill was behind it is. there are some who wanted today accurately chaos and they were supported by the pkk. their actions were targeting fundamental rights. >> mohammed jamjoon is following developments prime prime. >> the kurds in the southeastern region specifically. they accused the turkish government much collaborating with is ill. these are accusations turkey denies. they call them nefarious lies. like i said, it's a tricky situation right now. clearly what we are seeing several turkish high level officials coming out very much aligning their messages, creating the narrative they want the public to see turkey is engaged in a in a serious war on ter error. >> that's why they are going to let air basis be used by coalition forces. they have started bombing targets in syria. >> reporting for us live. thank you very much in

now turkish jets have again been bombing the kurdistan workers party or p.k.k. targets across the border this northern iraq. syrian kurdish fighters also known as the y.p.g. who are battling i.s.i.l. say they shell their positions near the town of kobani and that is a claim denied by the turkish government and says the y.p.g. could have a place in syria's future if it cuts all ties with the assad regime and turkey has no plans to send ground troops into syria and we have been following events live from istanbul and we will talk about y.p.g. in a moment but tell us a little more about the arrests we have been seeing. >> reporter: well those 15 arrests on raids in ankora were all foreigners according to kurdish security services and they are the latest in the series of 900 people arrested so far in raids going on really for the past weeks and months but they stepped up just sort of in the last week or so after that suicide bomb attack in near the border with syria. turkey showing it seems a new willingness and determination to try and pick out potential i.s.i.l. s

turkish warplanes bombed militants with the kurdistan workers party, the pkk, as it's well known, in northern iraq. ground troops also attacked isis in northern syria. this comes after turkey's first air strikes on isis targets within syria on friday. for more on turkey's ramped-up fight against militants, we turn to cnn producer gul tuysuz who joins us on the phone from istanbul. gul, good to have you with us. what does it mean for turkey to have this shift in policy to step up its fight against isis? >> turkey's posture has changed from a position of a passively trapped support against isis to now aggressively pursuing it as a threat to its national security. and that's the thing that the turkish government has been saying over the last two days as they have ramped up operations both militarily and domestically saying that they perceive isis as a national security threat. and in the interests of that they are going after isis targets in syria. we had the three f-16s not going into syrian air space but taking out isis targets there. and then last night we had ground artillery forces

they founded the kurdistan workers party known as the pkk and it began applying guerrilla tactics. at least 35,000 people were killed in this conflict before a cease-fire was put in place two years ago. but it's been a strained truce. the turkish government still considers the pkk and it's off shoot in syria the ypg terrorist organizations. >> there is a peace process going. they're asking for greater political rights. the restriction on the language to be lifted. if turkey wanted to become a model in the region it needs to practice democracy at home. >> well, generations of underlying distrust resurface this week. the kurdish community said that the government is not doing enough to protect them, but turkey said that isil and the mkk are the only ones to blame for the attack. in response it has embarked in a two-prong bombing operation which is a significant shift in its stance against isil in particular, but some say the strikes could further strain turkey's relationship with the kurds. >> the iraqi army said that at least 77 soldiers in shia militiamen have been killed in anbar

campaign has expanded to target basis in northern iraq belonging to the kurdistan worker's party or pkkho's syrian alleys are fighting against isil. it's put an end to the fragile cease-fire raising fears of renewed violence intie from southern turkey dana hodr reports. >> reporter: turksey at war on two fronts. jets are hitting target did across the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign against isil in syria, turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting pkk or kurdistan workers party positions in iraq's mountains. the pkk immediately declared the already strained 2013 cease-fire with turkey dead. turkish officials are not fazed and tong talk about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease in or the vanishing of the threat then, of course we will make a re-assessment. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey, isil declared war when it bombed a cultural center on monday. many here briefly turkey's decision to actively engage in the fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the ba

they have targeted the kurdistan workers party. p.k.k. in northern iraq. they targeted i.s.i.l. fighters in syria. and president obama head a national address to the people of kenya. it came on the last day of a trip to the nation where meal be the first sitting president to agrees the nation. >> air attacks have been lunched at a military recruitment center. it followed bombings at a military camp. less than 11 hours since a ceasefire begins. let me remind you who is in control of what. the houthis are stronger than the north. a large part contest the by al qaeda. let me warn you that some may find the images disturbing. >> saudi-led coalitions are arriving in aden. after four months of fighting the airport is under the control of fighters. it's after taking this city from the houthi rebels that a 5-day pause was announced, saying the truce comes at the request of president abd-rabbu mansour hadi. >> the goal of the new truce is to lift the siege and impose on cities and reach the areas with much-needed humanitarian aid. it's a much-needed move for the houthis. >> reporter: the

they have also hit areas in northern iraq targeting camps belonging to the kurdistan workers party or. barack obama laid a wreath in memory of those killed in the 1998 embassy bombing. 200 kenyans and 12 americans died in that attack. obama's on his first visit to kenya, his father's birthplace since becoming president and is expected to give a press briefing within the next 30 minutes or so, we will take that live. 77 iraqi soldiers and shia militia men have died in nair their fight forearm bannerbar province to retake the main cities from isil. turkey expanding airstrikes on isil in syria and kurdish forces mr. northern iraq. gerald tan looks at why the growing influence of the kurds is making turkey's government nervous. >> from the islamic state and -- since, turkey has increased with its border. syria's kurdish fighting force, the ypg has been gaining territory from is.ilsil. >> worries the turkish government. >> the u.s.-led coalition ist. the ypg is a threat to all people. the arabs, turkmen. kurds are trying to create a state. >> kurds an ethnic group with a distinct cup tour

members but there are members of the outlawed kurdistan workers party, pkk. >>> tension has been building along the border, i.s.i.l. has been blamed for a suicide bomb which claimed lines lives of 30 people in the town of suruc. >> these are the steps against our national security. our state and government will take needed action against any attack no matter what it is. it is not only for last night. we will take the negatives precautions for our nation's security and peace. last night was just the start of this. and we will keep going on the same way. we've in a differently struggle from now on. we'll do whatever it needs. our nation should trust that state. >> rosalind jordan what does the government say. >> the obama administration is welcoming turkey's decision to allow fighter jets as well as unmanned surveillance equipment better known as drones to fly from incirlik. this will make it easier to carry out the strikes on i.s.i.l. in northern syria and provide surveillance to help determine where they should be dropping the bombs. this situation has really been playing out for the bett

campaign against isil and syria turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting pkk or kurdistan workers. the pkk immediately declared the already strained 2013 cease-fire with turkey dead. turkish officials are not phased and talk about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease or a vanishing of the threat, then we'll make a reassessment. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey isil declared rather when it bombed a cultural center on monday. but many here believe that turkey's decision to actively engage in the fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government here is concerned about isil threatening syrian opposition groups in their stronghold. it is also worried about what it sees in the growing strength of syrian kurds. >> now syrian kurds control half of the border with turkey. turkey said it would an red line if kurds create a state in northernin the region. >> turkey does not want the ypg to take mortar tore. now the u.s. and turkey are working together to clear ale

meanwhile the kurdistan workers party or p.k.k.ighting for greater power for kurds in turkey and mainly based in northern iraq. the p.k.k. was established in 1987 and battled turkish forces until a ceasefire two years ago, more than 40,000 people have died during that 30-year struggle. turkey and the u.s. and nato all consider the p.k.k. to be a terrorist organization. let's speak now from the kurdish democratic union party or p.y.d. and joins us via skype from the syrian town of kobani and first of all let's clear up one issue that has come up today. the kurds saying turkey has been hitting syrian kurds and y.p.g. adjust and turkey denying that. >> thank you for having me i'm not a member of y.p.g. i'm the foreign minister and part of the general administration in kobani. what happened in west of kobani in the village which is 30 kilometers west of kobani and one kilometer east and according to a statement the turkish forces target ded places of forces of y.p.g. and other groups that coordinated and injuring four fighters. this is

it's targeting not just isil supporters, potential isil fighters, but targeting people in the kurdistan workers. it's targets are all groups that they consider as a threat to turkey's national security. meanwhile over the border the ypg are claiming that the turkish military have shelled the village near kobane twice in the last few days. once on friday, and then again on sunday. the tush turkish military said that it's investigating these claims but it is not targeting other positions in sir. it's only targeting isil positions in syria and pkk bases in northern rack. but the turkish military are investigating the shellings in syria. >> a jet came down east of deta. the same syrian rebel group has posted heavy fighting in jobar. the closest rebel-held area to damascus. >>> shelling in yemen close to the saudi border. less than 4 hours since the coalition began a cease-fire to allow aid to be sent in. saudi arabia said that it's force also react to any large-scale military action by the houthies but said that this i want does not violate the five-day cease-fire. >>> the usa state department has

an offshoot of the kurdistan workers party. and it doesn't want the kurds to be the only force on the ground to be partners with the coalition. turkey spelt out the conditions the y.p.g. need to meet before it can be part of what the prime minister called the new syria. it will need to cut links with the syrian government. so far the kurds refused to join forces with the main rebel movements, particularly those backed by turkey. that is not all. the y perform g is a -- y.p.g. is accusing turkey of attacking groups across the border. it's accused turkey of declaring war on i.s.i.l. as a cover up to launch war on the kurds in turkey and syria. >> they are trying to use the coalition against d.a.e.s.h. to target the political parties. and this is something - is unacceptable. we have to differentiate between the terrorists and the political movement and demand for humanitarian rights. >> turkey decided to militarily engage i.s.i.l. the decision to target the p.k.k. is causing controversy. turkey is an active player on the battlefie

targeting camps belonging to the kurdistan workers party or the pkk. >>> the president signs economic agreements with kenya during his four-day visit to the country. he praised president ke nyetta's attempts to root out corruption in kenya. >>> rescuers found the bodies of 24 people in pakistan on saturday. half million people have been effected by the floods triggered by monsoon rains. >>> tens of thousands of people are still in need of food and clean water in nepal. exactly three months after the devastating earthquake there. the government has promised to relocate them, but that has not happened yet. >> in visits just outside of kathmandu more than hundred people have camped out in a school ground. they're from a village in nepal all of them have lost their homes. landslides have destroyed most areas around their village the river has been eroding whatever remains of their land. this woman thought she escaped the worst of it until she got here. >> my sister gave birth here in the tent. we didn't have the money or the transport to take her to the hospital. but five days on she went

turkey started bombing forces of the kurdistan workers party, known by its acronym p.k.k. they have been fighting for an autonomous region, the pst kk, and the y.p.g. have become america's strongest partners fighting i.s.i.l., they are the ones that stayed and fought when the iraqi army cut and ran. u.s. and its allies listed the p.k.k. as a terrorist group. zeina khodr is in turkey and has the latest on the campaign against the p.k.k. >> for the first time turkish fighters jets targeted the p.k.k. on turkish soil, following an exchange of fch fire between turkish security forces and the groups. over the past few days turkish jets targeted the group across the border in northern iraq. the security situation undoubtedly deteriorating, there has been a number of incidents. the turkish military blaming the p.k.k. for a number of attacks target ghts the police -- targetting the police in a number of areas across the country. the security situation deteriorating, turkey requested an extraordinary meeting from n.a.t.o. allies, it got the political support, the moral support need

these included members of islamic state and kurdish groups including the banned kurdistan workers party or . the raids took place hours after turkey changed its mind and decided to grant the u.s. permission to launch airstrikes against i.s. from a base near the syrian border. >> this is a decision turkey made for its own national defense. the opening of the airbase and the related negotiations are subject to different negotiations in process. this is a decision turkey made for its own national defense. reporter: turkey's decision to allow u.s. airstrikes comes after an escalation of violence on monday. a suspected i.s. suicide bomber killed 32 people in a turkish town on the syrian border. further violence followed when a firefight between the turkish army ant i.s. killed five militants. anchor: pull in our correspondent, dorian jones. he is standing by in istanbul. this decision by turkey to allow the u.s. to launch these airstrikes, how do we explain turkey's reluctance to say yes? reporter: especially among nasa list -- nationalists -- the president did try to allay some of their con

the outlawed kurdistan workers party, the p.k.k. has claimed responsibility for killing two turkish police men. the party says that it cooperated with i.s.i.l. to carry out a separate attack. that is an attack in which more than 35 people were killed, our correspondent has met one of the victims. >> reporter: this couple is crushed by survivor's disappointment. their smile has deep pain. >> reporter: i left them there, i left my brothers there how could i have done that. they felt far closer to each other than most cousins. as members. turkish federation of socialist youth associations they plan to cross into kobane, syria, and help the fellow kurds rebuild a devastated city. on monday, as the group held its precedent. in the southern city things were going well at first. ismail grew tired of holding up the banner under the hot sun. in this video you see him move away. then the blast. [ explosion ] >> translation: if i had been cpatient, he says, if i had waited just four more seconds, i would be with my brothers now. like many othe

these included members of islamic state and kurdish groups including the banned kurdistan workers party or . the raids took place hours after turkey changed its mind and decided to grant the u.s. permission to launch airstrikes against i.s. from a base near the syrian border. >> this is a decision turkey made for its own national defense. the opening of the airbase and the related negotiations are subject to different negotiations in process. this is a decision turkey made for its own national defense. reporter: turkey's decision to allow u.s. airstrikes comes after an escalation of violence on monday. a suspected i.s. suicide bomber killed 32 people in a turkish town on the syrian border. further violence followed when a firefight between the turkish army ant i.s. killed five militants. anchor: pull in our correspondent, dorian jones. he is standing by in istanbul. this decision by turkey to allow the u.s. to launch these airstrikes, how do we explain turkey's reluctance to say yes? reporter: especially among nasa list -- nationalists -- the president did try to allay some of their con

and it's also been targeting kurdistan worker party base he pkk bases there. nevertheless the turkish military says it's investigating these claims of shelling of ypg positions in syria. >> that was bernard smith. we were talking about the possibility creation of what they're calling an i.s.i.l. free zone on the border of turkey and syria. patty culhane what has been discussed between the two countries and what it might entail? >> reporter: well, i can tell you david they are being very vague. senior administration official says they are talking with turkey about how to set aside a safe zone, i.s.i.l.-free zone. that's pretty much it, they're not detailing who those fighters are. it does seem in washington the officials seem a little bit table aback. sometimes we see that in negotiations it's not uncommon in washington when they want to try to shape the public narrative they'll leak out the parameters they want the discussions to be based around. the off-camera briefing was pushed back several hours. there are more questions than we have answer he now. for exa

create a state and inflamed separatist it also considers the ypg and offshoot of the pkk the kurdistan workers party which it has declared war on and more importantly it doesn't want the kurds to be the only force on the ground to be partners with the coalition. turkey has spelled out the conditions the ypg needs to meet before it can be part of what the prime minister called the new syria. it will need to cut its links with the syrian government and cooperate with opposition groups. so far the kurds have refused to joijjoined forces with the main informs, repeatedly attacking their units across the border an allegation turkey denies. the syrian kurds also accuse turkey of declaring war on i.s.i.l. as a coverup to launch war against kurds both in turkey and syria. >> they are trying to use the agreement with the coalition against daesh to target kurds political parties and this is something unacceptable because we have to differentiate between the terrorists and the political movements that demand for humanitarian rights for some ethnicitialethnical groups. >> turkey is now an active player on

the outlawed kurdistan workers party claimed responsibility for killing two turkish police men. the p.k.k. claims they had cooperated with i.s.i.l. in an attack that killed 37 on monday. we met one of the victims. >> slumped over and seemingly crushed by survivor's guilt. this man is in deep unrelenting pain. >> i left them there. i left my brothers there. how could i have done that. they felt far closer to each other than most cousins. as members. turkish federation of socialist youth associations they plan to cross into kobane syria, and help the fellow kurds rebuild a devastated city. on monday as the group held its precedent. things were going well at first. ismail grew tired of holding up the beener under the hot sun. in this video you see him move away. then the blast. [ explosion ] >> translation: if i had been patient, he says if i had waited just four more seconds, i would be with my brothers now. like many other members of the kurdish population they are pointing the finger of blame to turkey's government. he is offended by how officials handled the aftermath of the bl

want the kurds to inflame separatist sentiments t considers the ypg an offshoot of the pkk the kurdistan worker's party which it declared war o it doesn't want the curveds to kurds the only force to be on the ground to be partners. turkey spelled out the condition they need to meet before it can be part of the new syria. it will need to cut its links with the syrian government. so far the kurds have refused to join forces with the main rebel movements, particularly those backed by turkey. the ypg is now accusing turkey of attacking their units across the border, an allegation turkey denies. the syrian kurds accused turkey of declaring war on isil as a cover-up. >> they are trying to use the abolition against dash to target the kurds' political parties. and this is something unacceptable. we have differentiate between the terrorists and the political movements that demand for humanitarian rights for some earth any cal groups. >> reporter: turkey's decision to target the pkk is causing controversy. another front line seems to be emerging. >>> syrian military air strikes parts of the damascus countr

this will be the first time in this offensive that the kurdistan workers party, or the p.k.k. have been attacked inside a county. previously they've been targeted inside iraq. now n.a.t.o. says it backs turkey's fight against i.s.i.l. but urged it not to abandon the peace process with the kurds. bernard smith has more now. >> reporter: turkish f-16 fighter jets don't have too far to fly to hit new targets i.s.i.l. over the border. this was last week. they don't have further to go to target an old enemy >>> many kurds are angry and frustrated that the turkish government seems to equate the threat from i.s.i.l. with the threat from the p.k.k. here, a mainly kurdish city, in south-eastern turkey, representatives from more than 18 non-governmental organizations have been meeting. they are working out a joint response to what they fear is a threat to the already fragile peace protest between the p.k.k. and the government. >> translation: we call on the people, the kurds and the people of turkey to show solidarity. the only way to do it is to stand up against the policies. >> last m

they're only interested in isil positions in syria with those airstrikes and it's been targeting kurdistan workers positions in northern iraq. pkk bases there. nevertheless the turkish military said that it's investigating these claims of shelling of ypg positions in syria. >> reporting from istanbul. the latest hue maintainaire cease-fire in yemen appears to have been broken. houthi rebels and their opponents are battling in several provinces. the fighting erupted after a five-day cease-fire was to take effect late sunday. >>> syria's president admits his military is struggling in its fifth year of civil war. bashar al-assad vowed to win the conflict but conceded that his troops have lost territory to rebel forces, and that the syrian army is overstretched. >> in order to win and succeed in anything everybody gets tired. it is quite normal that the state, the army get tired but the word defeat does not exist in our dictionary nor in the language of the syrian armed forces. >> they once had 300,000 members but deaths, defections and rise in draft dodging have believed to have cut the size of the f

are afraid of possible retaliation now that turkey has declared war on isil as well as the kurdistan worker's party, the pkk. the town behind me is the syrian town isil-controlled territory. as you can see, it's a porous border. the turkish army has 70 reinforcements but that is doing little to ease people's concerns. the area is important territory to many players. first of all isil. isil has lost control of all border crossings. this is the last stretch of territory it controls. to my right, the kurds are in control. syrian kurds. they control territory all the way up to the iraqi border. to my left, it's the syrian opposition groups. and for turkey turkey has two main objectives. yes. >> it wants to degrade and defeat isil but it also want to contain syria's kurds and it doesn't want isil to threaten syrian opposition groups which it supports. so, the airstrikes the turkish airstrikes syria are concentrating in the region behind me. we have heard turkish officials talk about a safe zone emerging after this military. >> will be in the area behind me. so this is why this stretch of territory

the kurdistan workers party describing the attack as revenge against the state for in their words collaboratingith the islamic state group. on monday a suspected islamic state group suzette bomber killed 32 people and mainly kurdish town of suruc, 10 miles from the syrian border. explaining why many kurds do not think the authorities are doing enough to protect them. >> forensic police search the apartments where the two officers had been living. turkish authorities already know who killed them, the armed wing of the pkk kurdish peoples defense forces claim responsibility for what it called a punitive action against two police officers at believed were cooperating with the islamic state group in ceylanpinar. the i.s. group has deteriorated fragile relations between the pll -- the pkk and ankara. on monday, dozens were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in suruc a kurdish town 10 kilometers from the syrian border. most victims were students. they are about to head to syria to rebuild kobane. a town devastated by fighting between isn kurdish forces as well as u.s.-led coalition airstrik

and kurdistan workers party positions in northern iraq what the turkish military says the ongoing military to neutralize threats to turkey's national security so looking into what happened in that incident where the p.y.d. says twice a village near kobani once on friday and once on sunday night have been targeted by the turkish military and says it was deliberate and they are looking into it. >> saying p.y.d. could have a place in syria's future. >> reporter: yes, he is. this is because the turkish government is walking a very difficult line at the moment really, it's now engaged itself in this fight against i.s.i.l. in syria but it also wants to try and keep kurdish, the kurdish people here in turkey on side if you see what i mean it wants to maintain stability in turkey so essentially they are reaching out to p.y.d. in syria saying he is willing to work with them as long as they are not a threat to the turkish state so that is what he is saying at the moment. there is also incidentally an extraordinary parliamentary meeting being held here in turkey on wednesday, that is to discuss the o

with groups like the pkk and they are stressing that they believe that the kurdistan workers that is out lawed here and trying to get the idea to a turkish public that has become very concerned about their safety especially along this very long and porous border with syria. one of the reasons the government beats this line is there is a lot of anger from the community towards the leadership of turkey. many of the kurds we have spoken with especially in this region believe that the turkish government is to blame for i.s.i.l. having as they say infiltrated this area. they say turkey for too long turned a blind eye on i.s.i.l. affiliated fighters from turkey and back again and because of that the kurds who have been fighting effectively with i.s.i.l. in syria they became a target of i.s.i.l. and so now after there has been this rising anger and ap the armed wing of p.k.k. claimed the life of police officers this wednesday for what they call retaliation for the suicide attack earlier in the week because they say the police officers accused them of cooperating with i.s.i.l. now you have t

. >> reporter: this is the armed wing of the kurdistan workers party, that outlawed party pkk in turkey. they put a statement out saying this was a retaliatory killing and these two officers were targeted in the region because the pkk is saying they cooperated with isil. this act the pkk has said is done as revenge for that suicide blast that killed 32 people in the community center just two days ago. this is really underscoring just how tense things have gotten here on the border. a lot of the kurdish population here very angry with the turkish government. they say that they knew they would be targeted and they're not surprised that they were targeted and they think they will be targeted more in the future, and they think that the turkish government has in effect allowed isil to infiltrate this area and vant done enough to protect especially kurdish citizens in the area and that's raising alarm bells in the community. the turkish government has said repeatedly over the past few days they're going after isil. they believe that isil is behind this attack own though nobody claimed respons

while no group has yet claimed responsibility turkish officials believe the outlawed kurdistan workersty or p.k.k., to be behind it. it's the latest jolt in a volatile 48 hours full of fundamental shifts in military strategy. a country that for so long has been wary of interveneing in any conflict now find itself involved in two. bombing boat both isil in syria and the p.k.k. in northern iraq. turkish journalist says a spectacle turkish publicist simply wasn't prepared for for this. >> there are too many questions, like if isis is attacking us why are we fighting the p.k.k.? which is fighting isis in any case. and on top is turkey strategically speaking and in terms of our spirit, are we capable of fighting two wars in two different countries simultaneously? >> reporter: when it comes to renewed hostilities between turkey and the p.k.k., she believes both parties are very much to blame. >> the military, turkish military has been seeking a confrontation with p.k.k. for sometime now. of course p.k.k. is also to blame and it's very important for them to realize that their legitimacy their

but what is controversial will be turkey's decision to simultaneously declare war on the kurdistan workers or the p.k.k. yes, the united states and the eu considers the p.k.k. a foreign terrorist organization but they have been urging restraint, urging turkey to relaunched the peace process and they believe this is the way forward. why? because this can complicate the fight against i.s.i.l. and the coalition has been relying on the kurds in iraq and syria as partners religion the ground. the syrian kurds, the y.p.g. is an offshoot of the p.k.k. for turkey the y.p.g. is a terrorist organization but for the coalition it's a partner and do not shy away from it and now they let us use the air base we can coordinate with kurds on the ground but this is going to be one of the topics that will be discussed because at the end of the day nato wants turkey really to differentiate against the war against i.s.i.l. and the war against the p.k.k. >> and within turkey itself zaina i'm not sure how able you are to tell us how much consternation is there, the fact the country is deciding to go or to prosec

commander unit were dispatched to the area, turkish jets have been targeting fighters from the kurdistan workerse p.k.k. there since wednesday. >>> still lots more to come here on al jazerra including 23 people are killed as a truck crashes in to a group of pilgrims in mexico. the promise of peace in burundi encourages some refugees to return. but the u.n. says most are still too scared to go back. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with disruptions. get better internet installed on your schedule. comcast business. built for business. ♪ ♪ >>> now a reminder of the top story on his al jazerra. the afghan taliban confirms that its leader knew los angeles omar is dead. the new leader is mansoor who was his deputy for three years. speculation layings is mound that go d

or kurdistan workers party positions in iraq's mountains. the p.k.k.mmediately declared the already strained 2013 ceasefire with turk at dead. turkish officials are not fazed and talk about a long-term fight. >> translator: whenever we see a decrease in or the fan irving of the threat, then, of course, we will make a reassess think. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> reporter: this is a major shift in policy. for turkey, isil declared war when it bombed a cull tar center in the border town on monday. but many here believe turkey's decision to actively engage in the fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government here is concerned about isil threatening syrian opposition groups in their strong hold in aleppo province. it is also worried about what it sees as the growing strength of syria's kurds. syria's a kurds or the w.p.g. that's link today the p.k.k. controls half the border with turkey. turkey says it would be a red line if kurds create a state in northern syria. officials even b

. >> two turkish police officers have been killed by fighters from the outlawed kurdistan workers party. the pkk said that it carried out the killings in retaliation of bombing on monday. 32 people died in that attack by isil in the kurdish town. the pkk said that the policemen had cooperated with isil. they have been protesting across turkey after the government blocked activity for stop images that have attack from being shared online. >>> now the price of gold has fallen to its lowest level in five years this week. traditionalcally the biggest market for individual gold buyers has been india. but the current low cost has not motivated people to buy the commodity. we have reports now on why indians are losing their appetite for the precious melt. >> looking for a bargain. she wants to buy gold jewelry that she'll enjoy for years and one day pass on to her daughter. and there is good reason why she's doing it now. >> prices are low, so it's a good time for me to invest my money in gold. >> with the price of gold at a five-year low the jeweler should be excited. indians have traditional

so how the government is dealing not only with isil but with the pkk, the kurdistan workers party. >> let's go back to the united nations where foreign ministers are speaking to journalists. russia vetoed the resolution that called for an international tribunal to investigate the mh 17 crash. >> we join forces to establish an u.n. tribunal to trial these perpetrators. this was a preferred option because it would have generated and brought international support for the prosecution process. it was also the best way for assuring the cooperation of all states. the resolution included a special provision requiring states to cooperate fully with the tribunal by surrendering suspects. of course, it does not come as a complete surprise. russia has expressed opposition to united nations tribunal. despite this we engage with russia until the very last minute but in the end it was not possible to find a common ground. what has happened today is regrettable but it will not bring to an end our near for bringing punjabty. so now we will start focusing on those options. carefully and tirelessly. the

so a division from turkey's opposition group also with the pkk the kurdistan workers party. >> bernard smith in turkey. >>> giving the credit to a party, in suspected i.s.i.l. warrior. traveled to turkey to support i.s.i.l. court documents said nagee brought body armor and went to turkey twice to meet i.s.i.l. fighters. >>> heavy casualty to fill their ranks they have implemented a mandatory military service for teenagers. anyone older than 13 is required to join the fight. imran khan reports from baghdad. >> young recruits study battlefield tactics in one of the shia bases north of baghdad. they are taking advantage of the cooler night air to learn deadly skills. at summer camps across iraq they are being taught to fight. the teenagers have answered the call to join up from the high shia muz lick muslim cleric. believing that their fight is just. >> translator: we are here at this camp answering the call of marjaya to defend our lands from terrorism. we are getting courses on weapons, rules of engagement and first aid. we are also getting islamic doctrine weapons. >> they just the sam

pkk, the kurdistan workers party which it has declared war on. only force on the ground to be partners with the coalition. turkey has peld out spelled out the conditions the ypg needs to meet, it needs to cut its ties and so far the kurds have refused to join forces with the main rebel movements particularly those backed by turkey. that's not all. the ypg is now accusing turkey of repeatedly attacking their units across the border an allegation turkey denies. the syrian kurds also declare turkey of declaring war on i.s.i.l. as a coverup to launch war with the kurds in iraq and turkey. >> they are using the coalition something unacceptable because we have to differentiate between the terrorists and the political movements that demand for humanitarian rights for some ethnical groups. >> reporter: turkey's decision to also target pkk is cautioning the most controversy another front line seems to be emerging. zeina khodr, al jazeera southern turkey. >> more on those discussions in creating an i.s.i.l. free zone. patty culhane reports. >> turkey is ta

and the state of the peace process between the government and the curtis dan workers party -- kurdistan workers, that they are using the fight against isis to take care of other business. that is to ensure that in part the kurds of syria cannot establish there. that is the motivation. whether it changes the game for the good or the bad remains to be seen. but you can imagine a whole host of scenarios in which turkey and the united states gets more directly involved in the syria conflict, which is a war without end. charlie: speak to that, david. david: we should not whitewash that turkey's officials have been accomplices with islamic state, allowing jihadists to run into syria. providing medical care from dish -- for wounded fighters. it is only recently we have seen arrests of islamic state personnel. charlie: have we warned them off of this? david: we have warned them, but it islamic state and akp share a similar worldview. when the deputy prime minister of turkey said women should not smile in public, they share many similar approaches. charlie: including the development of a caliphate in ir