targets in northern syria. the stated goal is to create a safe zone in syria along the turkish border. free of i.s.i.l. fighters and controlled by so-called moderate syrian insurgents. the turks hope it can be a new00m for the estimated -- new home for the estimated 1.7 million syrians taking refuges in southern turkey. for now, turkey will not send ground troops into syria, a sign that turkey is reluctant to be drawn into a devastating conflict across the southern border. working with turkey to support the syrian opposition is risky business. how the plan could backfire on america's fight with i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. exclusively exists. one of the reasons is to get rid of the bashar al-assad regime in syria, what have we done now. what has america done now that could create alliance out of the i.s.i.l. and bashar al-assad. >> it's not unprecedented that i.s.i.l. and the bashar al-assad regime work together. in your lead-in story you talked about the i.s.i.l. exports of oil. well one of the places that i.s.i.l. has b

northern syria, i have to tell you, very much in the u.s. crosshair s crosshairs. u.s. aircraft continue pounding isis positions in iraq and syria. the most recent targets are mysterious. blast walls like these, have been bombed repeatedly in recent days. the so-called t-walls are barriers erected around areas like command centers and buildings isis wants to keep secure. >> if you knock down a t-wall or overcome a ditch, you're going to have the infantry force being able to maneuver more freely. >> cnn has learned whatever the walls were protecting it was on the priority target list for warplanes. bombing the blast walls could now open the way for ground forces, likely kurdish to move in unthinkable just weeks ago. u.s. commanders now have a network of intelligence on the ground. they're getting targeting coordinates around from the kurds who are strategically positioned just north of the city. >> they are heading with an assault force, they've been very good at coordinating u.s. aircraft to go against isis. >> these leaflets airdroped by the u.s. the message, freedom wi

targets in northern syria. the stated goal is to create a safe zone in syria along the turkish border. free of i.s.i.l. fighters and controlled by so-called moderate syrian insurgents. the turks hope it can be a new00m for the estimated -- new home for the estimated 1.7 million syrians taking refuges in southern turkey. for now, turkey will not send ground troops into syria, a sign that turkey is reluctant to be drawn into a devastating conflict across the southern border. working with turkey to support the syrian opposition is risky business. how the plan could backfire on america's fight with i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. >>> joining me from washington to make sense. shift is steven cook, a senior fellow with middle east colleagues. he says by signing up with the turks to establish a safe zone, the united states may risk cementing an alliance between syrian leader bashar al-assad an enemy, and i.s.i.l., enemies. thank you for being with us. you are one of the most knowledgeable people on this. you were in my story about

massively changing the dynamic in northern syria. the beginning of a new chapter, zbloflwolf. >> barbara the fact that turkey will finally allow the u.s. to use the f-16s to launch air strikes from the incirlik air base other air bases against targets in syria, what are officials saying about that? >> well from the u.s. military point of view it gives them a good deal of additional flexibility. they're that much closer to targets in northern syria, in northern iraq. that means warplanes can stay up longer they can stay on station, they can look for additional targets and they can strike more. all of that is translating into what everybody is now talking about, this new isis-free area on the ground. by all accounts a very narrow strip along the border. not a no-fly zone but if you have u.s. warplanes up there it's just that much more ability to keep an eye on the border and try and keep both the rebel fighters and civilians safe from isis. but i have to tell you, wolf, the pentagon today very much scrambling to keep up with all of thi

turkish officer was killed in northern syria. pkk targets in northern iraq. let me emphasize that, while the attack against i.s.i.s. was closer to targets i mean the attack to the pkk was much more comprehensive and much more bigger in termination of the number of air crafts participated in the attack and the number of targets being bombed. around 100 turkish air crafts were used to attack in four waves between 24th and 27th of july and iran, 200 sorties at least 200 smart bombs were used against pkk targets. >> i must ask you this, because i want to get the bigger picture if you don't mind. do you believe that the push for this supposed i.s.i.l.-free zone is perhaps on behalf of the turkish government a apply to not just get i.s.i.s. or i.s.i.l. out of that area but to isolate some kurdish groups as well? >> yes, yes, sir. with these bombings i think strategic picture both board of education syria and turkey has changed the picture for the last year and a half, the turkish government made a high speed left turn, and ankara has su

the turks are seeking, given the realities of turkish politics and what is happening in northern syriathe state of the peace process between the government and workers party, that the turks are using the fight against isis which they had not been much interested in directly previously, to take care of other business. that is to ensure that in part, that the kurds of northern syria are unable to establish an independent canton there. that is the motivation behind this specific safe zone. 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 by association the u.s., gets more deeply involved in this syria conflict. a war that seemingly is without end. charlie: speak to that, david. you know the situation better than most. david: we should not whitewash the fact that turkish officials and government has been accomplices in the islamic state. they allowed the jihadi highway to run into syria. financing, logistics, medical care of wounded islamic state fighters has been the norm. it is only recently we have

eyes on this. >> no, not because they're allied but rather but a to them, a kurdish entity in northern syria is anathema because that essentially makes the turkish kurd stronger in their bargaining position, in terms of the potential of having two independent kurdish states one in iraq, one in syria. that's the fear. that's the strategic fear tore the turks. i.s.i.s. is not. >> rose: steven, are the turks prepared to change their protection of their borders? >> well, this has been the debate with the turks that frank as the ambassador there for a number of years had with the turks and tried to encourage them to do this. in fact they have helped create the kurd situation in turkey by first in syria and turkey by first turning a brined eye to jihadist is making their way through turkish territory in the absence of an american or western intervention to bring down the assad regime they turned a blind eye to jihadists making their way as punishing the regime and over time an infrastructure developed along turkey's bored were syria that has supported a network of jihadists. there's no specific ev

if it can set it up with the cooperation of turkey in northern syria.ventually it is suggesting that this could actually be a safe place for refugees. for more on that, www.aljazeera.com. www.aljazeera.com. >> we don't have a lot of time to wait. you know, the conditions on the ground are getting much, much worse. >> president obama pressing for humanitarian aid in south sudan during his historic trip to africa. nato calling an emergency meeting to discuss isil and syria while the u.s. enters talks to create a safe zone along the turkish border. the boy scouts of america preparing to allow gay scout leaders for the first time

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believe the decision to fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government is concerned about i.s.i.l. threatening syrian opposition groups in the stronghold in aleppo province, and is worried about what it sees as the growing strength of syria's kurds. sirrias's kurds, or ypp is linked. turkey says it would be a red line if kurds create a state in northern syria. officials and u.s. air strikes were helping the kurds gain ground from i.s.i.l. now those believe that a deal with the united states addresses turkey's concerns. >> translation: turkey doesn't want the y perform p to take more -- ypp to take more territory. now the u.s. and turkey are working together to clear aleppo from i.s.i.l. >> turkey's fear is that syria's kurds, or i.s.i.l. could drive out syrian opposition groups from aleppo and the important border crossing. it's no coincidence that turkish jets targeted i.s.i.l. close to the pront line. it seems turkey is hoping for a long-held demand inside syria will emerge. >> our aim is to get rid of the i.s.i.l. threat in syria and i

syria. it was about to fall to isolate -- isil. at the town fallen, the northernder would have been controlled by isil. the president decided to do an airdrop to the defenders of kobani, the syrian kurds. he called president erdogan and had an in-depth conversation about that decision. we went out to discuss with the turks that situation. we negotiated opening a corridor or through turkey for the customer got to resupply the defenders of kobani. that really started a very in-depth process with turkey. that was a real success. we build from there. we then worked with them on a train and equip program for the syrian opposition. we have had good cooperation with turkey. they have had an election, so our conversations slowed down. three weeks ago, talks accelerated and turkey agreed to open bases for aircraft to strike isis targets in syria and iraq with turkish f-16's. some of the details have to be worked out. i am just coming from a meeting at the pentagon with secretary kerry, secretary carter, and the general austin about coordinating on the ground. we have a tea

syria. some towards northern iraq. if that proves to be true, then it would appear as though turkey would be launching more attacks on both isil and possibly pkk targets in northern iraq. as you mentioned in your lead in turkey today saying they will make no dysfunction to fight on terror. 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. o

no geep in northern syria.along the turk -- that they hope could be wiped clean of isis fighters. and then once that is done. the free syrian army could be brought in. that's a very moderate group that the u.s. has worked with before. now, greta this could be done this would help turkey in a number of ways. first off it would create a really big buffer zone between s militants and turkish border. second of all this, is a country, turkey, that is hosting nearly 2 million syrian refugees. the hope some of these refugees could funnel into safe zone. bring in the kurdish equation here. if the free syrian army controls a huge plot of land that would stop the wpg syrian kurdish force and militia that does control land east of this moving westward group linked to the pkk. kevin, what all of a sudden spawned this tick upward interest by turkey? >> i would say greta this all started last monday when we had a suicide bomber here in turkey kill 32 people. he is 32 people headed to syria to deliver aide. when it comes to w

northern iraq. turkish fighter jets targeted i.s.i.l. in syria. the white house reaffirming that the white house urge restraint when it comes to the p.k.k. villages north of aleppo have been targeted. the border town was struck in northern iraq. air strikes hit the headquarters of the p.k.k. in the mountains. >> zeina khodr following event in south-eastern turkey. first of all, explain where you are, and the significance of that position. >> well, you just mentioned the syrian border town of jirablous. it's a border town. it was a quiet border. it is. there is a fear that the situation would escalate now that turkey has declared war on i.s.i.l. we have to remember thursday i.s.i.l. gunmen opened fire on a turkish military outpost, and that is when turkey responded carrying out the first ever air strikes against i.s.i.l. positions in syria. people that lived in the towns in southern turkey are afraid. they are embracing for retaliatory attacks, worried that i.s.i.l. will respond in one way or the other. we have to remember that turkey didn't just de

believe that turkey's decision to fight in 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 below vince. it is also worried about what it sees as the growing strength of syria's kurds. >> syria's kurds or the ypg now controls more than half of the 800 kilometer border with turkey. turkey said it would an red line if kurds create a state in northern syria. officials even blamed u.s. airstrikes for helping the kurds gain ground from isil. now there are those who believe that a deal with the united states addresses turkey's concerns. >> turkey does not want the ypg to take mortar tore. the u.s. supported the kurds. now it withdrew the support but it won't has forever. but now the u.s. and turkey are working together to clear aleppo from isil. >> turkey's fear that syrian kurds or isil could drive out syrian opposition groups from aleppo and control the important border crossing of kilis. it is no coincidence that turkish jets targeted isil close to the border lines.

we are talking mainly with some parts of northern syria and north-eastern syria. eventually, this would be overwhelming. that would be effective strategy. what you need, what you need to do is you need to work on the kurds, continue to work with the kurds, and you need to recognise that syria has vast territory. you need to work with the rebels, and locked into better fighting. you need to do something about the barrel bombs that rains on them. if bashar al-assad is continues to weaken the forces fighting i.s.i.s., we'll continue to compromise the fight. >> will we look at this as a turning point in the war, or is it really more about turkish domestic needs? >> i think the answer can be yes to both. i hope that turkey will follow through on it. efforts now to clampdown on the border and use i.s.i.s. to get their supplies across. an effort would have blows on i.s.i.s., and a bigger effect on the coalition air strikes. what was turkey doing for the last 18 months. >> really, letting i.s.i.s. and other groups go across the border as they wished. it worked for turkey,

fighters to actually launch air attacks on isil targets in northern syria. right now they're having to fly from much farther distances from the gulf as well as aircraft carriers, outside of saudi arabia in order to reach those targets. they say this is going to make the efforts trying to degrade isil targets and operations much easier. now, what is not clear is what actually happened in the negotiations between the u.s. and the turkish authorities to allow these air bases to be used used. the turks have wanted to create a buffer zone inside northern syria in order to protect its territory from isil. it's also wanted to try to establish a formal no-fly zone, something that u.s. officials said would be problematic at best, and probably extremely difficult to carry out at worst. and then there is also the question of whether the u.s. is making any inducements or offering any inducements to the turkish government because the turks have apparently backed away from their demand that the fight against isil be expanded to an over all fight against the government of

northern iraq. its fighter jets targeted isil in syria. the white house welcomed turkey's involvement and called the pkk a terrorist organization. the syrian observatory says villages have been targeted. the border down was also struck. in northern iraq air strikes hit the headquarters of the pkk in the mountains. >> reporter: turkey is at war on two fronts. its jets are hitting targets across the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign against isil and syria jets began hitting pkk in iraq's mountains. the pkk immediately declared the already strained 2013 cease fire with turkey dead. turkish officials are not fazed and talk about a long term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease or vanishing of the threat, then, of course, we'll make a reassessment. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> reporter: this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey, isil declared war when a bombed a cultural center. but many believe turkey's decision to engage in the fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the batt

have a plan to create a buffer zone in northern syria. the plan is to drive i.s.i.l. away from the turkish border. but as jerald tan reports. >> turkey has been pushing for a no fly zone south of its border. now help with fighters of the islamic state of iraq and the levant have seen in these darkened areas. turkey wants u.s. led air strikes to drive out i.s.i.l. fighters from this shaded region. the approximate zone be is from the you euphrates to, the turkish border, taking on the town of albab, a protected haven for the estimated 2 million syrian refugees who have escaped to turkey. >> translator: we have always defended the safe zones and no fly zones in syria. we always underline that the solution in syria is political a solution without assad. the refugees could be placed in those safe zones. when the area is cleared without threat the safe zones will be formed naturally. >> preventing syrian aircraft from entering but it has agreed to join military efforts in a so-called safe zone. one of the conditions that turkey laid out before finally allowing u.s. aircraft

intelligence in northern syria.knew he was there at the time they fired and they took shot. >> the fact that they were able to get this guy in syria. they were eavesdropping on him, they had human intelligence we don't know. but it is hopefully worrying to this group. >> to them and to isis. i have to tell you. northern syria right now, vex in the cross hairs of u.s. intelligence. they are doing stepped up air strikes everywhere they can find. either khorasan now or isis operatives. they are stepping up the intelligence gathering, working with local kurdish forces on the ground. all the indications are we will see a lot more. for a long time it was off limits. maybe no more. >> thank you so much. >>> as chute chute prepares to bury five service members, new information about the gunman and his influences. signs he had sympathies for another the leader. and actions from time in jordan. details from gary tuchman who joins us. what is the information about first of all, the gunman's uncle in jordan. >> reporter: we kno

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 alepo province. it is worried about what it sees is the growing strength of syria's kurds. syria's kurds now controls more than half of the 800-kilometer border with turkey. turkey says it would be a red line if kurds create a state in northern syria. officials blamed u.s. air strikes for helping the kurds gain ground from isil. now there are those who believe a deal with united states addresses turkey's concerns. >> translator: turkey doesn't want the ypg to take more territory. the u.s. supported the kurds. now it withdrew its support. but it will not last forever. now the u.s. and turkey are working together. >> reporter: turkey's fear is that syrian kurds or isil could drive out opposition groups and control the important border crossing. it is no coincidence that turkish jets targeted isil close to the front lines with turkey backed syrian rebels. the demand for a humanitaria

. >> in the border town of surk suruc on monday, a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government here is concerned about i.s.i.l. threatening syrian opposition groups in their strongholds in aleppo province. the growing strength of syria's kurds. syria's kurds or the ypg linked to the pkk turkey says it will be a red line if kurds create a state in northern syria. officials even blame u.s. air strikes in helping kurds gain ground against i.s.i.l. now to address turkey's concerns. >> translator: turkey doesn't wand the ypg to take more territory. it withdrew its support but will not last forever. >> turkey's fear is that syrian kurds could drive out opposition from aleppo and could control the border town of killus. it is no doubt turkey back syrian rebels, long time demand for safe zone will eventually emerge. >> our aim is to get rid of the i.s.i.l. threat in syria and iraq. after that the safe zones will be formed naturally. >> reporter: but this will come recently conducted raids against hundreds of suspected pkk and i.s.i.l. simple thighsers. there could be att

stephen:this idea of a safe zone in northern syria.ssentially, the united states is giving the go-ahead, though not explicitly, for the turks to attack their most effective partners in the fight against isis in favor of a country that has dithered on laura: the fight against isis. laura:what are the risks? could it be explosive in the region and upset kurds everywhere? stephen:it could be explosive. it will draw attention away from the battle against isis to confronting turkey and turkey's attention . laura: what about the idea of a safe zone? could that be useful and ultimately involve trying to get rid of president assad? stephen:that is something both the u.s. and turkey want to do but it is part of turkey's priorities. turkey said the way to deal with isis is to bring down assad regime. the united states would like to see a sawed fall, but they do not believe that that would resolve the isis problem. the safe stone would draw turkey and the united states into the conflict because the safe stone would have to be defended at some poi

is establishing with turkey in northern syria. a senior obama administration official told us pentagon producer quote the goal is to establish an isil-free zone and ensure greater security and stability along turkey's border with sera, and yet today a state department spokesman distinctly stayed away from the terminology. >> we are again looking for ways to talk to the turks about how to get after the isil threat better in northern syria. we're not using the phrase "isil-free zone." we're going after isil wherever they go right now. they seem to be gravitating along the border, to the west. >> as for why the u.s. is not consider a no-fly zone the state department official said that basically the reason is that there is not a need because coalition forces are flying unopposed strikes against isis in syria and john, defense official gave our pentagon producer a little bit more granularity on that specific point, saying, quote we're not at war with assad. we're at war with isis. >> i guess the situation gets even more complicated aft

turkey has been accused of shemg of shelling a kurdish village in northern syria. >>> u.s. has been criticized for removing cuba and malaysia from the list of countries failing to prevent human trafficking. >>> and chinese stocks have recorded their biggest one day fall in years. closed down 8.5% in one day trading. barack obama has praised key african ally ethiopia for its fight against the armed group al shabaab in be somalia but has challenged the country for its democratic reforms. mohammad adow reports from addis ababa. judge it's a warm welcome for president obama at addis ababa national one aimed at strengthening relation established more than a century ago. economic and security ties, with the ethiopian prime minister. addressing journalists president obama praised ethiopia as an outstanding partner. >> pushing back against violent extremism. ethiopia face serious threats and reduced areas under al shabaab control but as the prime minister noted yesterday's bombing in mogadishu reminds us that terrorist groups like al shabaab offer nothing but death and destruction

northern iraq. turkish fighter jets have targeted isil in syria. the white house affirmed turkey that the right to defend itself but urges restraint when it comes to the p.k.k. the human observe tore for human rights says they have been targeted. a northern border town was struck. in northern iraq, strikes hilt the headquarters of the p.k.k. in the mountains. zona in hodor reports now. >> jets are hitting targets 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 p.k.k. or card stan worker's party conditions in iraq's mountains. the p.k.k. immediately declared the already strained 2013 ceasefire with turkey dead. >> turkish officials are not phased and talk about a long term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease or the vanishing of the threat then of course we will make a reassessment. the third wave of operation are a part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for occur r. turkey, isil declared war when it bombed a come really a center in the border town on m

reportedly agreed on the creation of a safe zone in northern syria with the help of u.s. airstrikes. gerald tan looks at what the plan might entail. >> turkey has been pushing for a no fly zone south of its border with syria. it would encroach into territory once held by isil. they want to drive out fighters from this shaded region. the zone starts from the euphrates river about 100 kilometers west. it stretches 65 kilometers south of the border. the turkish government said its intention for this to eventually become a protected haven for the estimated 2 million syrian refugees to have escaped to turkey. >> >> we have always defended the safe zones and no fly zones in syria. we underline that the solution to the problem in syria is political, a solution without assad. people who have been displaced can be placed in those safe zones. when areas in northern syria are cleared of the theft the safe zones will be formed naturally. >> the u.s. government ruled out a full scale no fly zone, which would prevent syrian aircraft from interesting but has agreed to join military effor

. >> the pentagon issuing a formal statement saying they killed him on july 8th in northern syria. he was a top operative known as the khorasan group. as part of the group, they had vowed to carry out attacks outside syria against the united states. deeper than that he was said to be one of the top al qaeda operatives one of the few who had knowledge of the terror attacks. and he was said to be in another terror attack against u.s. marines in kuwait and a merchant in a cargo vessel there at the time. so this is someone that the u.s. had been trying to get very badly. there had been a number of strikes against the khorasan group over the months but very interesting development while he was riding in a car in a vehicle in northern syria, west of aleppo when a u.s. drone overhead fired a missile at him. that means the u.s. had enough surveillance enough intelligence about what was happening in northern syria at that very moment to strike him. wolf? >> so it was a drone with a hellfire missile. not a f-16. >> we were told it was a drone. and it would be very typical. drones are typicall

it may be a message to isis in northern syria. the u.s. may not have troops on the groundings but they have eyes and ears and intelligence. >>> prosecutors claim this 24-year-old was planning a hit and run style attack where he'd run over an american service member with a car and then kill them with a knife. prosecutors arrested the man's uncle, claiming they planned to join isis terrorists. >>> more details about the chattanooga gunman. %-pthe4-year-oldshowedan interest in a prominent recruiter for al qaeda. we are live in chattanooga with the latest. what are investigators finding? >> reporter: well many details about abdulzeez. all the signs increasingly seem to be pointing to a potential motive of being terrorism. the fbi found internet searches on his smartphone where he does research in the days before the shooting questioning whether someone could use martyrdom. investigators also found references to anwr an al qaeda leader who had recent attacks on the "charlie hebdo" and the boston marathon. they are focusing on the 42 to 78 hou

> well, turkey and the united states have reportedly agreed on the creation of a safe zone in northern syria. we look at what that plan might entail. >> turkey has been pushing for a no-fly zone south of its border with syria. it would encroach into territory now held by fighters of the islamic state in iraq and the levant as seen in these darkened areas. turkey wants u.s. led airstrikes to fight in these shaded areas. it also stretches 165 south of the turkish border and said its intention is to become a protected haven for the estimated 2 million syrian refugees who have escaped to turkey. >> we have always defended the safe zones and no fly zones in syria. we always under lie the solution to the problem in syria is political. a solution without assad. people who have been displaced can be placed in those safe zones. when areas in northern syria are cleared the threat, the safe zones will be formed naturally. >> well, the u.s. government has ruled out a full scale no-fly zone which would prevent syrian aircraft from entering but reportedly agreed to join military efforts in a so-called saf

has access to the border crossing and what is going on has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syriaana live on the border of syria, thanks very much and let's take a look now at these kurdish forces that are operating in the region and we have between 30-40 million kurds living in turkey iraq, iran and syria. syrian kurdish forces known as y.p.g. or the kurdish protection unit has atonomy against kurds and joined the fight in syria and supported by the u.s. military. meanwhile the kurdistan workers party or p.k.k. are fighting 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

how deep into northern syria would go. the turkish prime minister speaking to our christiane amanpour about this. also mentioning something we have heard turkey reiterate over and over again over the years saying that the reason we have seen isis become such a problem, the rise of the group flameblaming it on the inaction when it comes to overthrowing the assad regime saying this is the product of the syrian crisis. >> jomana karadsheh, thank you. nato discussing isis. thank you, jomana. >>> the arizona cardinals hire the first female coach in nfl history. andy scholes has latest in the bleacher report next. i momm but it's time to let the new kitchen get some sleep. if you want beautiful results, you know where to go - angie's list. now everyone can get highly rated service even without a membership. you can shop special offers or just tell us what you need and we'll help you find a local company to take care of it. angie's list is there for all your projects, big and small. pretty. come see what the new angie's list can

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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 opposition groups and control the important border crossing. it is no coincidence that turkish jets targeted i.s.i.l. close to the front lines with turkey-backed syrian rebels. seems turkey is hoping long-term demands for a safe zone inside syria will emerge. >> our aim is to get rid of the i.s.i.l. threat in syria and iraq. after that the safe zones will be formed naturally. >> this may cam at a price. t

that is not already being done by the united states and its arab allies who are already bombing northern syriand are engaged in a limited campaign there, not really attacking isil headquarters, but instead sticking to the kurdish areas in the north. other people think actually, the link between the attacks on syria and the massacre would be quite tenuous for the former defense secretary -- the former defense secretary speaking in the house of commons in response said yesterday, look, the government was trained in libya. why are we not considering strikes on libya instead? other people feel that if indeed there is a strong link, the proper response of intelligence is complete -- is police investigation, vigilance -- it is not more bombs, which would not help. molly: we also heard that it strikes in syria were to be agreed to by the british parliament, that they would not have to allow any early -- any relief for the assigned regime. -- for the assad regime. >> many of the united states and its western allies do not want to see a precipitous collapse of the bashar al-assad region. they do not wa

a missile hit his vehicle in northern syria earlier this month. isis is claiming responsibility for a pair of deadly suicide bombings in baghdad. at least 18 people were killed late tuesday in a commercial area. more than 43 people were wounded. >> you can see the video here and the aftermath of that explosion. rows and rows of buildings just obliterated. debris littering the streets. another car bombing in southeastern baghdad left two people dead and nine wounded. >>> the u.s. military says it is stepping up its air strikes against isis targets in syria. >> but officials are tight lipped about what they're aiming for. pentagon correspondent barbara starr has more. >> reporter: u.s. aircraft continue pounding isis positions in raqqah syria. but the most recent targets are missteer yeah. blast walls like these have been bombed repeatedly in recent days. the so-called t-walls are barriers erected around command centers and buildings isis wants to keep secure. >> if you knock down a t-wall the infantry can maneuver more freely. >> reporter: whatever

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 not crossing the border but hitting targets with artillery inside

syria and kurdish fight necessary iraq. the latest of the campaign began on fridaying after a suicide-bombing at a rally in turkey earlier in the week. they will target northern iraq the kurdish workers party or the pkk. and raising fears of renewed violence in turkey. >> 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. 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 stron

in syria and against the p.k.k. in northernut all the while no plans he says to send in ground troops. >> no no plans for sending ground troops. turkey seems to be able to want to achieve its aims just by using air power, also as we know electing the u.s. military to launch its strikes against i.s.i.l. positions. the turkish military always very, has been reluctant to get involved in syria and sounding in ground troops would be a huge step for turkey and would end up being there for quite a long time they predict so at the moment turkey wants to limit its motions in syria to using air power >> thanks very much indeed. well syria's military setbacks have renewed pledges of support from iran and hezbollah and the president assad say they are struggling to contain rebel groups groups. >> translator: we do have new recruits everyday and the military is caring out the mission and the army is sometimes required to give up areas in order to hold on into more important areas. we are in a fateful period and there are no compromised solu