so when it comes to fight against the out the old kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. all segments of the turkish society meet on the same ground because it turkey as a state turkey has fought against the p.k. k. for almost 4 decades more than 3 decades and it cost iran $40000.00 lives both from the turkish military side and the a kurdish citizens who have joined the p.k. k. so far so this is a long story for cherokee economically turkey has been very hurt by the fight against the p.k. k. during those last decades and that's why it is seen as legitimate by the turkish public of course the the motive of the military oprah while the motive often minutes for operation is officiated.

states back in 2018 said of yacht y pg, he said the y pg is a syrian militia wing of the kurdistan workers partyat is the pkk. the z regards y pg is terrorist organisation so does the uk and the offence. this is a reality. it's a reality that you a lwa ys reality. it's a reality that you always and i but it's the reason that the turkish military is on your territory. these aren't reasonable reasons. these are not facts. so if i'm supporting... imagine occurred living in the rhine as he is occurred. does that mean he is one of them? if one looks at the evidence there is clear evidence of a command structure, the organisation of their y pg is intimately connected to the pkk. this is not true. the us made it clear that et cetera. yes, uk medical it clear as such. you set is not true, let's move on to other aspects of the y pg. is it true that ipg uses child soldiers? no, they have been declared, the syrian democratic forces... have been declared, the syrian democratic forces. .. so why have the united nations, human rights watch and human rights organisation said that the y pg uses, recruits and so

even agreed with turkey's assessment of the kurdistan workers party which is why this organization is still designated a terrorist entity in washington and turkey claims that the kurdistan. workers party support the kurdish people's defense so now the u.s. forces in northeast syria will move aside and cleared away for an expected turkish assault now the turkish president or are they going to confirm that after speaking with president trump earlier today. goofball in our conversations with president troop withdrawal has started as a. moment interlocutors are working on the ceiling to continue to work on. now lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spoke out against trump's decision and are warning that allowing the turkish attack could lead to a massacre of the kurds and senate troubling message for american allies across the globe now one of those lawmakers include senator lindsey graham who criticized the move as a disaster in the making and in a rare public break with president trom graham tweeted that if this plan goes forward he would introduce a senate resolution opposing it askin

this turkey's sees as a syria branch of the output kurdistan workers party should lay down arms that will be the only way that everything that these things will stop and add on as it is eager to set up the safe zone which is say as a us president donald trump promised for 20 miles but but on the ground it hasn't been it hasn't been this way but i don said one thing yesterday he said that whoever is coming to the turkish capital to perswade on corrupt to stop this military operation should ever shouldn't even bother so it doesn't seem like our don is going to change his position as turkey sees the p k k out both kurdistan workers' party as an existential threat p k k is listed as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but the us and the e.u. as well so that's why there should be something else of course there are negotiations ongoing for a while since the beginning of these operations and everyone says that mr donald trump gave a green light to the soap aeration but it has been denied by other u.s. office shows but it seems i don't want to combat the diplomats the traffic leader

kurdish folks, the kurdistan workers party known as pkk, the abbreviation in that language. pkk has been listed as a terrorist organization by the united states for decades. let me give some context though because in the course of the dialog that i've heard over the last couple of weeks about the kurds and about the turks, everyone seems to want to oversimplify this issue. everyone wants to say, good guys, bad guys. and they're missing the point in the history of what he is happened in that region. the kurds have about 25 million people in their people groups, the fourth largest people group in the middle east. they live mostly in turkey, iraq, syria, iran and armenia. they have all different political parties, they have all different backgrounds. for over a century, they've worked to have their own national. and interestingly enough after world war i and the map changes in warorld war i, they've worke for and had pressed for their own country during that time period. but when the boundaries were drawn at the end of world war i after they had been promised they would have th

g n the out the kurdistan workers party and send back some of the millions of syrian refugees who now live in turkey and that's why the turkish foreign ministry have been conducting some diplomatic talks with foreign countries but france and italy has summoned have summoned turkish ambassadors to ask about this mother 3 operation and convey their concerns about the about any possible civilian casualties on the other hand we see that turkish defense ministry has been conducting some diplomatic talks with counterparts to explain the cause of this military operation and what i have seen according to what i have spoken with my sources in ancora turkish intelligence is conducted some of the talks so far they have spoken to $27.00 syrian arab syrian tribal leaders including most of them as kurdish leaders and in order to tell them that their targets are not the civilians but so far. the turkish capital hasn't found the international support that it xpect it. well let's get more on this now we're joined by joel rubin former u.s. deputy assistant secretary of state commentry president of the

s main kurdish fighting force which it says is aligned with the outlawed kurdistan workers' party or p k k which has been fighting the turkish government for decades. turkey says it wants to set up a safe haven for refugees to return to a northern syria but the u.n. says around half a 1000000 people could be forced from their homes if the violence doesn't stop. u.s. defense secretary marcus per says a deal with the s.d.f. and damascus meant having u.s. forces start between the syrian inter. armies was tenable the syrian army has moved north to potentially could front turkish forces at various points close to the border the s.d.f. hope that by teaming up with the syrian military they can force turkish forces to retreat where this stage that seems highly unlikely despite the threats to potential sanctions from some european countries and the u.s. president or the one says he has a plan for northern syria and no amount of threats are going to stop him from achieving his goal chance strafford al jazeera close to the turkish syrian border was in a holder is in one day on the border of tur

ji as an extension of the banned kurdistan workers party which has fought for kurdish autonomy in turkey for 3 decades. so the holder is our correspondent for sinatra calleja turkey's border with syria a new sunni watching what's being going on in terms of the bombardment an aerial assault through the days and i just bring us up to speed with what we know where you are. well there has been a lot of military activity over the past few hours and can see behind me this is just one of the many fronts. really a stretch of territory 100 kilometer stretch of territory where the turkish military operations immediate focus is on the border town behind me the syrian border town that. seems to be the next target of the turkish army what we understand is that army soldiers as well as their local allies the syrian opposition national army they are advancing towards tel aviv from the east and the west so the turkish army heavily bombarding the f. 4 s. the f. pritish as the air forces retaliate thing they have launched rockets into this town where we are 17 turkish civilians were wounded this operation

which turkey is the syria branch of the out those kurdistan workers party will not stop as i always repeat during our live shows that is recognized as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but the us and the e.u. as well as don has one condition of his own to stop this military operation he says if this armed group the y.p. g. lay down arms in the region or to syria and turkey establishes the safe zone then everything will be clear everything will be fine but the only condition is that they lay down arms and present don has always been. highlighting that the us have been have been providing supplementary weapons have arms to the y. p.g. and he was always saying that they the us sent 30000 trucks of weapons to i.p.g. so if and this is a war this is a fight actually between the state and the sorgen ization more that more than 3 decades almost 4 decades and act on has always said who can guarantee that these arms are not going to be directed to my country to my people so it seems his the situation is not going to change and yesterday at 1st he said at 1st we knew that he was going to me

s main kurdish fighting force which it says is aligned with the outlawed kurdistan workers' party or p k k which has been fighting the turkish government for decades . turkey says it wants to set up a safe haven for refugees to return to northern syria but the u.n. says around half a 1000000 people could be forced from their homes if the violence doesn't stop. u.s. defense secretary marcus spur says a deal with the s.d.f. in damascus meant having u.s. forces start between the syrian turkish army's was tenable the syrian army has moved north to potentially confront turkish forces at various points close to the border the s.t.'s hope that by teaming up with the syrian military they can force turkish forces to retreat where this stage that seems highly unlikely despite the threat of potential sanctions from some european countries and the us president order one says he has a plan for northern syria and no amount of threats are going to stop him from achieving his goal for al-jazeera close to the turkish syrian border said a holder is in act on the border of turkey and syria then i will

as a terrorist organization linked to the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k. k. would use force against the turkish government for decades. early on sees this military operation as a chance to weaken an old enemy but the international community is worried about the prospects of more suffering for the people of syria as well as the security implications of this move. turkey has so far off wouldn't do clear planning about how to deal with thousands of jailed eisel fighters the syrian side of the border. the turkish defense ministry says a ground incursion into syria has begun and there are rising fears for the hundreds of thousands of civilians living close to the border many of whom fled to s.t.'s controlled territory to safety in a country that has already suffered years of war that al-jazeera on the turkish syrian border all right let's take a closer look then at the area of syria's northeast where this is all taking place turkish forces and launching attacks in the town of ras. they have also gathered near the turkish border town of. it's so cross into the town

turkish ses y p g is the sea where a branch of the output kurdistan workers party or the p.k. k. and the organization is listed as a terrorist group by turkey us and e.u. and that's why present our don has accused the west especially washington for grating with an organization that they also designated as a terrorist group and yesterday a while speaking to his his members of the ruling party he's out that's the only condition that turkey will stop this military operation is the group the wife should lay down arms and sturk it can establish the safe soul so that some millions of the 4000000 syrian refugees residing in turkey can go back so far that they were horse statements between the 2 capitals washington and ancora but at the end of the day what we have witnessed so far in syria the spike their conflicts the spite the horse statements against each other sometimes they come around the table and they agree on. some terms but no one expects president are drawn to stop this fight against y p g as turkey is also in the middle of an unknown where the u.s. pulled out its troops from

kurdish far true group in this case because turkey believes y p g is an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party which is listed as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but also by the us and the e.u. as well and turkey believes that the s.d. if the spike the majority is there up the commend level of the membership is the is called consist of the a p k k out there could be some workers party commanders and they aim and autonomous region in the in the north is syria which will which is possibly going to be linked to other kurdish regions in iraq iran and turkey and ending up with a kurd big kurdish state called as the greater kurdistan this is what turks fear that's why they say syria syria tauriel integrity is important it is also turkey's territorial integrity for them who sent him we're also hearing that the u.s. is saying they're leaving turkey in charge of dealing with all those eisel fighters who've been detained in that area so what's likely to happen to them. well this is actually a major one of the major issues that haven't been discussed clearly since last night don and else that

techie and techie of a many as have lost around about $40000.00 people and attacks by the kurdistan workers party looking at this map it just seems strategically usef but it makes sense that you would want to have an area here that you would see as a protective area i'm jumping to analysis here that turkey isn't saying oh is this strategically for you why he would say hey we need a safe zone here does that protect the citizens more there that there is it's very clear that there's 2 objectives the operation and the culmination of all these military operations one showing up turkish national security 2 providing a place for these refugees to come home to now i want to also talk about very quickly let's let's remember what rock of the like after the u.s. coalition let's remember well a little bit like after russian air strikes now look away all the areas that turkey is launching military operations that the ratio of these buildings is over 87 percent carry these areas in sirte his launch operations as a wing very very high kicks in.

opposition or from any other political faction when it comes to their fight against the outboard kurdistan workers party which turkey the e.u. and the us deemed as a terrorist organization is welcomed by the turkish public because it turkish nation and the state actually has the kurdistan workers party for decades and it costs around 40000 lives for both sides that's why this military operation in order to have palace a safe zone that will bring back the syrian refugees who now live in turkey is welcomed by many turkish people and by some by many political circles however u.s. president donald trump's there which targets the turkish economy hasn't been welcomed and many criticize the government that uncle rush should have should have responded to these threats. put all of this in context for you with the comments of the actions that we've seen certainly in northern in southern turkey in northern syria well as mentioned president trumps decision to pull troops out has drawn criticism from across the domestic political divide or white house correspondent kimberly hill to tell us more. as u.s. troops begin

linked to the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it deems the terrorist organization the s.d.f. reacted strongly to the u.s. decision calling it a betrayal the group say's it lost 11000 men and women fighting against always civil and fellow american demands to pull back from areas controlled by turkish backed forces. many items have been implemented on the ground including the items of security mechanism agreement removing heavy weapons and gear on the border as required. to the residents of this area we say do not fear as there is no threat to you with the council's personnel are part of this area residents are families and we are their children it is our duty to defend our people in case of any violation of any agreement just how far turkey will go into the s.c.f. controlled areas of syria is unclear but the white house statement explicitly say is that turkish forces will be responsible for all i still fighters in the area. the fighters are in prisons controlled by a staff and in a large camp called the kurds how long warned was a security risk the u.n. says it is preparing fo

is a terrorist organization linked to the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k. k. which is fought against the turkish government for decades again sees this military operation as a chance to weaken an old enemy but the international community is worried about the prospect of more suffering for the people of northern syria as well as the security implications of this move turkey so far offered no clear plan about how to deal with thousands of jailed eisel fight is on the syrian side of the border victoria gate and be al jazeera well let's look now tick actually where all of this is happening turkish forces are launching attacks from the town of ras al-ain they've also gathered near the turkish border town of chocolaty it's thought they'll cross into the town of. u.s. troops recently evacuated that town though as an territory held by the s.t.'s kurdish led forces to already has a presence and syria holding and number of observation points those however in northwestern syria an area mainly controlled by turkish and rebel forces let's go now to our correspondent charle

as an extension of the banned kurdistan workers party which has fought for kurdish autonomy in turkey for 3 decades. the us president has also once again defended his decision to withdraw american troops from syria he rejected the idea that washington abandoned its kurdish allies saying that the kurds have not always supported america now the kurds are fighting for their land just so you understand they're fighting for their land and as somebody wrote in a very very powerful article today they didn't help us in the 2nd world war they didn't help us with no normandy as an example they mention names of different battles they were there but they're there to help us with their land and that's a different thing in addition to that we we have spent tremendous amounts of money . on helping the kurds in terms of ammunition in terms of weapons in terms of money in terms of pay with all of that being said we like the kurds we're also in jordan has more from washington d.c. . the u.s. president donald trump has been criticized over the past few days because of the accusations that he essentially

is an extension of the bands kurdistan workers party which has fought for kurdish autonomy in turkey for 3 decades fabrice put here is the chief strategy officer at restless and global and formerly the director of policy planning at nato he says nato members must be careful not to push turkey too hard at the risk of them leaving the coalition the reality is nato cannot be bought so what's one of the. easier. no says syria. they say no law exclusion legalities or a sense from president hugo lyons i don't feel we need to support such an initiative so apart from commenting but then surely comparing the turkish action nato kind of as an organisation the us who was to be who we've essentially just circle of course and the europeans as well but nato as an organization. has their hands tight in the back and the reality is the more you need to. do more and more which turkey out of nato will do more turkey to get girls up to to russia so we also have the game of isolating turkey even though obviously the turkish actions raise no our concerns and with this is a well the military offensive has

as a terrorist organization leaked to the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k. k. which is fault against the turkish government for decades. earlier one sees this military operation as a chance to weaken an old enemy but the international community is worried about the prospects of more suffering for the people of syria as well as the security implications of this move. turkey has so far off wouldn't go clear planning about how to deal with thousands of jailed eisel fighters the syrian side of the border. the turkish defense ministry says a ground incursion into syria has begun and there are rising fears for the hundreds of thousands of civilians living close to the border many of whom fled to s.t.'s controlled territory to safety in a country that has already suffered years of war shall stop at al-jazeera on the turkish syrian border let's go now to talk. in his life was in washington d.c. and president trump the white house issuing a strongly worded warning to taking office. that's right and it's a warning which the president did repeat during a rambling press en

united states back in 2018 said of your ypg, he said, "the ypg is a syrian militia wing of the kurdistan workers partyerrorist organisation, so does the uk and the europeans. this is the reality. it's a reality that you always deny, but it's the reason why the turkish military is on your territory today. these aren't reasonable reasons. these are not facts. so if i'm supporting... imagine a kurd living in iran as he is a kurd. and he likes 0calan. does that mean he is 0calani? no, but if one looks at the evidence, there is clear evidence of a command structure, the organisation of the ypg is intimately connected to the pkk. this is not true. the us made it clear that it's not true. yes, and uk make it clear it is not true. is it also... 0k you've said it's not true. let's just move on to other aspects — troubling aspects of the ypg. is it true that ypg uses child soldiers? no, they have been declared, the syrian democratic forces... so why do you think the united nations, human rights watch and other independent human rights groups have all said that there's clear evidence that the ypg uses, recruits

turkey claims that the syrian kurdish farter group is the syria branch of the out both kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. which is deemed as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but by the us and the e.u. as well and turkey is saying is that the syrian democratic forces driving forces the y.p. g. forces that's why any autonomous area in northwestern syria is a potential risk for territorial integrity of syria along with turkey iran and iraq turkey wants to avoid any kurdish entity in that area that's why present our dog and his and his team has been calling that the area should be cleared by what they call the terrorists and also turkey wants to establish a safe zone 30 kilometers deep but the deal between trump and doesn't clarify how far turkey can go with a military operation it seems turkey will wait for a while on tell until an actual a full pullout by the us forces is realised in that region but the main and one of the main discussion points is the isis camps camps which is like a hole which is deeper than 30 kilometers is some in the u.s. who are against from an air drawn deal c

which includes the kurdistan workers party ringleaders these terrorists occupying our homes but c'moneghan mccain isn't john mccain she may have reason to fame entirely for being his daughter that doesn't mean she can't have different opinions again last example justify this contradicting yourself we destroyed i says with the help of the kurds we can't abandon the kurds now we can't turn it over to turkey to think that more work is really oh really mr graham seems like there's 2 possibilities either the senator really supports the kurds with his heart or ease just another spineless hypocrite using the kurds to score cheap political points in case you're on the fence enjoy this it's the recording of a righteous senator speaking to pranksters who pretended to be the turkish minister of defense you know why p.g. kurdish problem is a real problem i told president trump a bomber made a huge mistake and relying on the y. p.g. curd everything i worried about come true and now we've got to make sure that turkey is protected from the spirit and syria sympathetic to the wipe e.g. problem and th

it is important to explain that the turkish government see the pkk, the kurdistan workers party, as ast of terrorist organisations but it is a small element in what is a large region. yes. the pkk, the kurdish militant group in turkey have been fighting against turkish state for over three decades. in the syrian kurdish militants in that area where turkey has now moved its ground forces, they are closely linked to kurdish militant groups in turkey. and it has been almost intercepted. so turkey sees their existence as a threat to its national security. and is now the third incursion turkey has launched against these militants but they insist it is not against kurds but against kurdish militants. given that the pkk had previously launched attacks within turkey, what is the feeling within turkey itself about what is happening right now on the ground in this area? public opinion is divided. 0ne ground in this area? public opinion is divided. one part says turkey has been traditionally fighting against the pkk for decades and it is an extension, they think it is an extension, they think it

so when it comes to fight against the out the old kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. all segments of the turkish society meet on the same ground because it turkey and as a state turkey has fought against the p.k. k. for almost 4 decades more than 3 decades and it cost around $40000.00 lives both from the turkish military side and the kurdish citizens who have joined the p.k. k. so far so this is a long story for cherokee economically turkey has been very hurt by the fight against the p.k. k. during those last decades and that's why in a seen as legitimate by the turkish public of course the the motive of the military oprah while the motive of the military operation is officiated by almost everyone including the opposition the way how the military operation is going to be conducted was going to be conducted was questioned by the opposition or the supporters of the government because. there were some parties even inside military who were against the military operations so deep like 30 kilometers or more inside north is than syria so immortal wise yes it is it is accepte

the technician across the targeting the snipers in the lost and the kurdistan workers party deployed on the frontntline east ofof ross all online we currenty doing a ground and air advance. us junkies will planes bones targets those who could spread to the things and fled. some seeking shelter in nearby house like a. were left stranded there are no o houses new places to live we don't know where to go. could issue officials in house ago also can the international community for help. any but i still we call on all state builder who manage. because thehe humanitarian disaster is taking place here they need to take responsibility to represent it each day. according to the united nations at least one hundred thousand people have already fled the area is under attack by turkey and ngos a sounding the alarm about conditions on the grounds. what is happening in what has been happening in the last forty eight hours he's extremely warring. and i believe that we have there. all the ingredients for unfortunately. yet another humanitarian crisis in syria. turkey says its goal is to create a four

linked to the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it deems the terrorist organization the s.d.f. reacted strongly to the u.s. decision calling it a betrayal the group say's it close to 11000 men and women fighting against oyster and fellow american demands to pull back from areas controlled by turkish backed forces. many items have been implemented on the ground including the items of security mechanism agreement removing heavy weapons and gear on the border as required. to the residents of this area we say do not fear as there is no threat to you with the council's personnel are part of this area residents are families and we are their children it is our duty to defend our people in case of any violation of any agreement. just how far turkey will go into the s.c.f. controlled areas of syria is unclear but the white house statement explicitly say is that turkish forces will be responsible for all i still fighters in the area. the fighters are in prisons controlled by a staff and in a large camp called a hole the kurds how long warned was a security risk the u.n. says it is prepar

s main kurdish fighting force which it says is aligned with the outlawed kurdistan workers' party or p k k which has been fighting the turkish government for decades. turkey says it wants to set up a safe haven for refugees to return to northern syria but the u.n. says around half a 1000000 people could be forced from their homes if the violence doesn't stop. u.s. defense secretary marcus spur says a deal with the s.d.f. in damascus meant having u.s. forces start between the syrian turkish army's was tenable the syrian army has moved north to potentially could front turkish forces at various points close to the border the s.d.f. hope that by teaming up with the syrian military they can force turkish forces to retreat where this stage that seems highly unlikely despite the threat of potential sanctions from some european countries and the u.s. president or the one says he has a plan for northern syria and no amount of threats are going to stop him from achieving his goal chance strafford al jazeera close to the turkish syrian border as they know what is there as well as chuckle a on t

as a terrorist organization linked to the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k. k. would use force against the turkish government for decades. early on sees this military operation as a chance to weaken an old enemy but. the international community is worried about the prospects of more suffering for the people of syria as well as the security implications of this move. turkey has so far off but in the clear plan about how to deal with thousands of jailed eisel fighters the syrian side of the border. the turkish defense ministry says a ground incursion into syria has begun and there are rising fears for the hundreds of thousands of civilians living close to the border many of whom fled to s.t.'s controlled territory for safety in a country that has already suffered years of war charles strife and al-jazeera on the turkish syrian border well let's have a look at exactly at the area where all of this is taking place turkish forces and launching attacks in the town of ras. they've also gathered near the turkish border town of. it so that they will cross into the town o

the syrian kurdish armed group the y p g which it considers an offshoot of the outlawed kurdistan workers' party so they see this as eliminating a security threat along its borders but at the same time the turkish government hopes to create a safe zone to allow millions of syrians to return to their homes we spoke to the governor here and and what he told us was that $400000.00 syrians come from from the area of the safe zone we want them to be able to return but this plan really has come under a lot of criticism the international committee some of the international community is saying this is changing the demographics in syria something that turkey and its local allies in syria deny they blame the white p.g. for ethnic cleansing and for changing the democratic demography of the area so turkey yes it is battling the earth in syria but it also waging another type of of battle really trying to get the international community on board to support its military campaign and support its plan to resettle refugees in the safe zone that it hopes to create behind me and of course it will continue to monito

turkey claims that the syrian kurdish farter group is the syria branch of the out both kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. which is deemed as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but by the us and the e.u. as well and turkey is saying is that the syrian democratic forces driving forces the y.p. g. forces that's why any autonomous area in northwestern syria is a potential risk for territorial integrity of syria along with turkey iran and iraq turkey wants to avoid any kurdish entity in that area that's why present dawn and his and his team has been calling that the area should be cleared by what they call the terrorists and also turkey wants to establish a safe zone 30 kilometers deep but the deal between trump and doesn't clarify how far turkey can go with a military operation it seems turkey will wait for a while and tell until an actual a full pullout by u.s. forces is realized in that region but the main and one of the main discussion points is the isis camps camps which is like a hole which is deeper than 30 kilometers is some in the u.s. who are against deal claim that turkey doesn