you know i like old sofa to the syrian observatory for human rights. he had a preacher. according to the. operation was you know or or did you know what. helicopters would amend those. forces according to some of the. force or the intelligence agency for. syrian democratic sources so one of the main. in. the cia in the name of this. is this is a young man this is all is well as we said according to the syrian observatory for human rights. the same source the operation was due to the operation in not. the house would be a place the house was both sitting in she had the one that belonged to one of the group from. the bold the also just a few days ago. according to the same sources. that operation by the commandos were killed in this operation which took place. in the body north west. 1130 before midnight last night. or 2 i was so. according to the city and also vetted for human rights. in washington d.c. . yeah sorry i just wanted to ask you he mentioned it was in the north west of syria and i watching towers about is it known as an i.a.s. stronghold. no in fact no i told

and then according to a statement made by the syrian observatory for human rights this morning they were saying that yes the if it launched a counter offensive 'd and we taken back control of that town so it seems as if an ongoing situation that meanwhile as you say the u.n. announcing new figures in terms of the amount of civilians that have the flee the violence 130000 they say coles last night by the s.d.f. could foresees across the border for a want of a no. fly zone in order so they say to protect those civilians and interesting really is well on the political front there are reports that the s.d.f. may well be reaching out was thinking about reaching out to the syrian regime and the russians as a means of protecting themselves from this from this campaign one of the thing that's happened this morning i should mention there are also reports of around 'd a 100 family members of i still can't see that coding to again the syrian observatory for human rights of a skate from a prison which is controlled by the s.d.f. reports that that prison was shelled by. hillary and that those family

with the observatory for human. human rights the operation. to the sources you may call good. they have some flush some weak the some. of the. getting. out of his wives. his children as well as to mine own men. at the house. with a suicide vest according to the syrian observatory for human rights which mentioned a few minutes ago so. yeah well if you can just fill us in a little bit more about who al baghdadi is or was and just how powerful he's been in the last few years he has been in hiding for at least 5 years now. and talk. was an unknown person until july 24th one. great. what's called. the. islamic.

well these are basically reports so far by the london based britain based syrian observatory for human rights they're saying that syrian government troops will find now alongside the cottage for says have been clashing with attack he backed rebels today for the fest time by the way since turkey's military operation started 3 weeks ago the observer terry also says the clashes have been having and 6 syrian security pass and though were injured by techies shelling and it all happened south of the syrian border town although i know there has not been any confirmation yet by ankara. almost scows so we need to be careful here there are also quite a number of social media videos circulating there now on twitter as legibly showing how the turkey backed the rebels have captured and are now mistreating these syrian security pass and now but this has to be taken with a huge portion of caution here because there is a lot of fake news out there on social media when it comes to this conflict so we have to see a wait for further confirmation thanks for that so you're hung in istanbul star attention are some

well what we're hearing from the iraqi observatory for human rights that's an ngo that looks at human rights within baghdad itself and they're quoting their own health ministry sources is that 3 people have actually died and there have been at least 250 casualties now the health ministry itself haven't actually issued a statement what they've told us is they will issue a statement later but this protest broke out actually quite early on during the day it was very very small around 12 o'clock midday it dispersed very quickly but then there was a call on social media to get people down to. where it is only about a half a kilometer away from where i'm standing right now that call was he did thousands they say the protesters say turned up but they were then pushed back by police now they tried to make their way over the bridge into what was formerly the green zone the international zone where a lot of the embassies are they were pushed back by the police now the police have allegedly used live fire on the protesters we can confirm that they've used tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets

to the syrian observatory for human rights. the optimism that it breaks the deal would be struck of the seasoning and rubber stamps on thursday at the european council summit have been dashed sources say that deal unlikely to be reached the c. an american journalist accused of having had extramarital relations and a legal abortion who was sent to prison. is now part by king mohammed the six all . welcome back we begin with the latest from north in syria where we're not exactly one week into the turkish offensive against the cuts in the border area. during the last seven days events have taken a series of unexpected turns and today in line with a deal thatt wasas struckk w with kurdish s soldiers both thehe at regime troops and russian soldiers and to the strategic border town of kobani that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights. remains the turkey syria proxies are not pitted against kurdish forces who are in turn it back by damascus and by moscow. meanwhile the us vice president mike pence in the u. s. section

northern syria has killed 15 people including kurdish and turkish backed forces syria's observatory for human rights as the casualties happened in the disputed border town of ras al-ain turkey's president has vowed to clear all kurdish forces from a so-called safe zone near the border if they do not leave voluntarily in the news the head chill is that president makes a dramatic move in the wake of huge antigovernment protests and pope francis considers overturning centuries old rules to help solve a shortage of catholic priests in the amazon. we've got some bases spells of warm sunshine continuing across southern parts of your city better than much of last week for those western areas of the mediterranean further north we do have something to change under way this weather system here this cold front warm front making its way across northern most past will sink further south was to the north of that we have much cooler in store high pressure further south so fine dry and sunny we see temperatures getting up to around 2425 celsius across the passes notice still want to see showers into central parts o

less than 20 kilometers away the wounded are private hospital according to the syrian observatory for human rights over 10 civilians were killed in the fighting just on friday during an apparent truce. as took his forces continue to enter northern syria local residents in tel aviv yet say fighting there has stopped this town which also lies on the turkish border was just captured from could issue units. it's good content we were able to sleep last night thank god. took us president. has denied that there was any fighting and vows to press on if there is still forces opposing tookie along the safe so that ankara wants to create along its border with syria so. why choose the night this issue of a safe zone along the border would have been resolved. i'm open but if we still face opposing forces without any exception the minute the time is up. our operation will resume where it stopped calling and with even more determination . so president trump spoke with the man saying everything is under control very much we're doing very very well with turkey there is a cease fire or a pause or whatever you want

have already being reports of clashes between syrian government and forces the syrian observatory for human rights says it has seen artillery eyed machine gun fire south of the border town of russell i mean kurdish forces agreed to retreat from the area under the deal struck by russia until the last week but they didn't because when the duty han is in istanbul i asked her what happens not of the ceasefire has officially ended well the cease fire that you have been talking about has been a very shaky one there have been occasional skirmishes they have continued in the past days and both sides have blamed each other for violations now turkey and russia struck that deal to allow kurdish militia in northeast as syria which ankara consider as terrorists to withdraw some 30 kilometer has from the turkish border in a next step than turkish and russian forces which start to joint patrols in that part of that area now while the kurdish led as d. f. say they happen redeploying their forces away from the border and the russian defense ministry just announced the withdrawal has been completed earlier today sa

partner in the fight against eisel the syrian observatory for human rights says by the time a cease fire was declared around 140 civilians have been killed and more than 175000 people displaced as turkey tried to create a 30 kilometer safe zone on the syrian border. president trumps decision brought widespread criticism even from his closest allies one of them republican lindsey graham said after the house floor that he was ready to take up the measure in the u.s. senate twitting at the one created this mess and he needs to fix it congress is intent on standing by the cards and s.t.'s forces who helped us destroy isis against turkish aggression it was a bad couple of hours for the turkish government the sanctions vote coming after the house voted to recognize the mass killing of armenians by autumn and turks during the 1st world war as genocide we can say that the ottoman empire committed this grotesque crime against the armenians. but their campaign of extermination failed and above all we will never forget it will never again be silenced tuckey denies there was a campaign to kill or me

less than 20 kilometers away, the wounded arrived at a hospital according to the syrian observatory for human rightsoverton civilians were killed during an apparent truce -- over 10 civilians were killed during an apparent truce. [no audio] fighting has stopped. this town n was just captureredm kurdisish units. it is good, we are content. we were able to sleep last night, thank god. >> the turkish president denied their has been any fighting -- denied there has been any fighting. by tuesday night, this issue of a safe zone along the border would have been resolved. but if we still face opposing forces without any exception, the minute that the time is up, our operation will resume where it stopped and with even more determination. present trump spoke with erdogan saying everything was well. >> we are doing well with turkey, saying there is a cease-fire. there was sniper fire, mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly and they are back to the full paul's. we have isis totally under guard, turkey is also guarding separately, so you have the kurds who we are dealing with and very happy with

the syrian observatory for human rights is reporting turkish-backed proxies have shot dead nine kurdish civilians including a prominent political leader, hevrin khalaf, who was killed along with her driver on saturday. she was the secretary general of the future syria party. kurdish authorities are reporting 785 people affiliated with the islamic statete, including many women and children, escaped from a kurdish-controlled displacement camp in northern syria. the escape occurred as turkish-backed f forces shshelld nearby targets. on sunday, president trump's former defense secretary james mattis warned the current turmoil will lead to a resurgence of isis. this comes as "the new york times" is reporting u.s. forces failed to transfer five dozen high value islamic state prisoners out of the country before trump withdrew troops from northern syria. turkey is facing increasing international condemnation for invading northern syria. the european union has called on all member states to stop selling arms to ankara. to talk more about the situation in northern syria, we are joined by ozlem go

being a politician and the leader of a call to offer certainly according to the syrian observatory for human rights alleging that she and 9 other civilians was. executed most side of a road in northern syria yesterday interesting there has been a statement by the opposition syrian army these are the as they say the men the fighters that are being supported by the turks they are saying that they are going to launch an investigation into these allegations and they are calling on their commanders in the fields to make sure that no abuses take place no violations it's a place they are the state rejecting. that. that they are responsible for them but there's not an outright rejection interestedly to the language is quite clever so they are condemning what they see in the videos and they are calling for an investigation into exactly what may or may not have happened but the . propaganda war here and i think we should be careful between the turks and the kurds is increasing as we go forward. now there is charles stratford life on the turkey syria border chance many thanks within the last 10 minutes polls

that number coming to us from the syrian observatory for human rights to his military says more than 305 has been captured or killed the kurds say it's actually 29 of the a 5 is who have died but the u.n. is also looking at the aerial strikes and the shelling which is not displace more than 100000 people with turkey capturing 15 villages and setting up a military base at the border in the past the u.s. plans again during that briefing that you saw earlier was also talking about syria and insisted the u.s. is still fully supporting their kurdish allies the concern about american troops is paramount. rather than get pulled into this conflict we put the welfare of our soldiers 1st but urging turkey to forgo its operation and working hard with us to address their concerns the development of a security zone along the border we remain in close coordination with the syrian democratic forces who up this destroy the physical caliphate devices but i will not place american service members in the middle of a long standing conflict between the turks and the kurds this is not why we are in syria.

officials and then another report had been killed came in 2017 that was from the syrian observatory for human rights but daddy released an audio message last year then appeared in a video released earlier this year the 1st time had been seen since declaring the so-called eisel counterfeit in iraq 5 years ago a video which ended years of speculation he was dead more with modern kabul and now director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies so he's died and i use that term loosely 4 times already what seems different this time i think this time seems. that the americans they have proof that he's killed and they seem also to be absolutely sure that they got their man otherwise we wouldn't see president actually celebrating. that event in nephew hours from now i think he's going to are exploited to the maximum because he things that he had that actually approved his claim that he defeated eisen because you know i mean he tried to explain his decision to withdraw from syria because on the ground that are seen as defeated and now here is he is that he there are 5 dead and tha

time to allegedly by turkey about fighters a driver an aide who owns and killed a syrian observatory for human rights groups supported by turkey have killed 9 civilians in the area. while all of this was happening turkey's president has dismissed claims that eisel prisoners have escaped from the tension centers in northeast syria it follows reports that an unconfirmed number of people fled from a center in. after it was shelled by turkish forces yesterday have says another prison camp income recently was shelled by turkey on friday president obama says his forces will take responsibility for thousands of myself items on their families in northern syria on sunday the u.s. announced it was pulling out all remaining american troops from northern syria the us president has been accused of abandoning the kurds his secretary of defense has been on sunday talk shows trying to defend trump's position we find ourselves as we have american forces likely caught between 2 opposing advancing armies and it's a very untenable situation the courage to be very good partners in the da says campaign they were very good

>>that is according to the uk-based syrian observatory for human rights. this follows the white house announcement that turkey will soon launch a military invasion into syria. the move marks a major shift in us foreign policy and effectively gives turkey, the green light to attacked. u s backed kurdish forces. the kurds have long us ally and who played a strategic role in the fight against isis in the region. the white house says that us forces will not be involved in the operation. >>in kansas city police have now arrested one of the suspects involved in a fatal shooting over the weekend. but first, here's a look at 29 year-old who go the in a wave of mirallas see is still at large they say authorities say he should be considered armed and dangerous 23 year-old javier out the door was apprehended yesterday afternoon both men are charged with 4 counts of murder in the first-degree police say bond has been set at $1 million each. 4 people were killed in the shooting 5 others were injured. still to come keeping your body hydrated why health experts say drink

have been killed as turkish forces push deeper into syria vast numbers from the syrian observatory for human rights the u.n. says more than 70000 people have been displaced pentagon says it strongly encourages turkey to discontinue its offensive. and nato chief un stolberg is calling on turkey to act with restraint in its operation in syria he says nato must find us just a noble solution so i sold prisoners in syria. iran's foreign ministry has confirmed a state owned oil tanker was hit twice during an attack in the red sea off the coast of saudi arabia there has been no immediate response from riyadh. the united arab emirates is trying to silence the al-jazeera news network that's according to a bloomberg reports the u.a.e. is reportedly running a law being campaign in washington d.c. using a law firm to try and influence members of the u.s. congress they've also used twitter accounts hiding their u.a.e. affiliations in an attempt to discredit al-jazeera and qatar the gulf nation where the network is headquartered the u.a.e. has been part of a blockade against qatar alongside other regional powers

number of people who died during the protest in iraq now stands at 105 according to iraq's observatory for human rights the speaker of parliament threatened to join mass demonstrations unless the demands of protesters were met thousands of battled police on the streets for 5 days demanding jobs better public services and an end to corruption let's go live now to baghdad and zeros imran khan is with us from there rather seems to be some sort of political battle here going on between the prime minister the speaker how is that likely to work itself out. well let me give you a clear example of how much pressure pressure. is under he's addressed the issue of life on the protesters saying that the iraqi security forces only use life when threatened. you don't have to go very far to see evidence of that live fire on that monument over there. in the bullet holes his bullet casings everywhere and now people are talking about elections in the corridors of power and that's why he's come out with a statement saying that he wants to announce these sweeping reforms but it's not just same opposition parties religious

been killed as turkish forces push deeper into syria that numbers from the syrian observatory for human rights turkey's military says more than 300 fighters have surrendered or they have been killed but the kurds say the number is only 29 and the u.n. says aerial strikes and shelling has displaced more than 70000 people turkey has captured 15 villages and set up a military base at the border. joining us from cali that's near turkey's border with syria as the operation enters day 3 what are you hearing about the situation right now. well there is military activity on more than one front in north east syria one of those fronts behind us is the syrian border town of. we understand that the turkish army as well as their local allies the syrian opposition national army they're trying to take control of this town the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are fighting back they are resisting they're promising to make this a difficult fight but the question is for how long can they hold ground they're outnumbered and they're outgunned by the turkish military using heavy firepower airstrikes artillery s

to the syrian observatory for human rights. optimism that it breaks the deal would be struck of the seasoning and rubber stamps on thursday at the european council summit have been dashed sources say that deal unlikely to be reached the c. an american journalist accused

attacked allegedly by turkey backed fighters her driver an aide were also killed syrian observatory for human rights says armed groups supported by turkey and 9 civilians in the area. all this is happening turkey's president has dismissed claims that eisel prisoners have escaped from detention centers and northeast syria also reports that i'm confirmed number of people fled from the center and i after it was shelled by turkish forces yes t.f. says another prison camp and cussed michelin was shelled by turkey on friday or don says his forces will take responsibility for the thousands of myself and their families and northern syria earlier on sunday the u.s. announced it was pulling out all remaining american troops from northern syria u.s. presidents been accused of abandoning the kurds 2nd a defense has been on sunday talk shows to defend trump's position also in jordan reports. 5 days into the turkish military operation in northern syria the us military is pulling about a 1000 soldiers out of the combat zone we find ourselves as we have american forces likely caught between 2 opposing advancing arm

kurdish fighters turkish forces are pushing deeper into northeastern syria now the syrian observatory for human rights says 24 syrians have been killed so far the turkish government says 18 civilians have died on the turkish side of the border the u.n. says more than 100000 people have fled their homes since turkey's attacks began on wednesday from the president on down we have communicated with the turks on this issue i spoke with turkish defense minister a car yesterday to express our strong opposition to turkey's actions and reiterated the damage this is doing to our bilateral relationship yes officials say some american troops have withdrawn from a military position in northern syria that came under turkish artillery fire but it appears the outpost did not take a direct hit charles trafford has more than the turkey syria border. black smoke rising over northeastern syria turkey tanks and reinforcements move towards the border with turkey military says it's captured a number of villages around the kurdish controlled towns of to lobby out and russell i mean it's reported most if not all the civilian

people killed from violent protests in iraq is now a $105.00 that's according to iraq's observatory for human rights earlier the speaker of parliament threatened to join mass demonstrations unless the demands oh protestors are met thousands of battle coolies in the streets for 5 days demanding jobs better public services and into corruption a number of t.v. stations were attacked overnight iran can has more from baghdad with a 6th day of protests expected in the next few hours. prime minister mahdi is facing the biggest crisis his year old government has faced yet a lot of the opposition political parties a lot of the religious parties including influential figures like to some. of the most influential one of the most influential shia clerics. souther and from the former prime minister high the body saying that elections need to be held and they also boycotted a emergency session of parliament that was supposed to take place on sunday actually didn't happen so a lot of the politicians are looking at this protest movement seeing it get larger and larger and more popular and they decided they're going

been reports of clashes between syrian government and turkey backed forces the syrian observatory for human rights says it has seen artillery and machine gun fire south of the border town of ross alone kurdish forces there greed to retreat from the area under the deal which was struck by russia in turkey last week. for more now i'm joined by our correspondent dorian jones he's on the story for us tonight in is stamboul good evening to you dorian moscow says kurdish forces have left the syrian border area with turkey why are we hearing so little from the other parties involved here well one has said that if that doesn't accept the statements coming from moscow that's despite talk we should fishel is earlier in the day voicing concern things as many as 2000 kurdish militia have not withdrawn beyond the 30 kilometer border agreed in this cease fire agreement and the one that earlier in the week been warning that he would crush the heads of any militia that did not withdraw but following the statements coming from moscow it seems uncle is prepared to give the benefit of the doubt this comes at the sam

attacked allegedly by turkey backed fighters a driver an aide were also killed the syrian observatory for human rights says armed groups supported by turkey have killed 9 civilians in the area. meanwhile turkey's president has dismissed claims that i saw prisoners of escape from detention centers in northeast syria it follows reports that an unconfirmed number of people fled from a center in ainissa after it was shelled by turkish forces the s.d.f. says another prison camp income initially was shelled by turkey on friday president obama says his forces will take responsibility for thousands of i saw fighters and their families in northern syria. when anyone sunday the u.s. announced it was pulling out all remaining american troops from the old and syria the us president has been accused of abandoning the kurds his secretary of defense has been on sunday talk shows trying to defend donald trump's position israel's in jordan $35.00 days into the turkish military operation in northern syria the u.s. military is pulling about a 1000 soldiers out of the combat zone we find ourselves as we have american for

reportedly attacked by turkish backed syrian fighters a driver and a also killed the syrian observatory for human rights says that armed groups supported by turkey have killed 9 civilians in the area meanwhile turkey's president has dismissed claims that ice all prisoners escaped from detention centers in northeastern syria it follows reports that hundreds of people fled from a center in after it was shelled by turkish forces the s.d.f. says that another prison camp in chemistry was shelled by turkey on friday erdogan says his forces will take responsibility for thousands of eisel fighters and their families in northern syria european union foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss the situation in syria the french president and german chancellor have also raised concerns about turkey's actions 3rd to 4th you didn't bar on one hand this offensive risks creating an unsustainable humanitarian situation and we already can see it on the ground and on the other hand it risks helping eisel to reemerge in the region in the face of the situation we will stay very coordinated as we were when we notifi

attacked allegedly by a turkey backed fighters her driver and they were also killed syrian observatory for human rights says armed groups supported by turkey have killed 9 civilians in one area all of this is happening turkey's president has to miss claims that i still prisoners have escaped from detention centers and northeast syria at follows report that an unconfirmed number of people fled from a center and i nice after it was shelled by turkish forces the s.d.f. says another prison camp in commission he was shelled by turkey on friday or one says his forces will take responsibility for thousands of eisel fighters and their families and northern syria earlier on sunday the u.s. announced it was pulling out all remaining american troops from northern syria u.s. presidents been accused of abandoning the kurds as secretary defense has been on the sunday talk shows to defend donald trump's position also in jordan reports. days into the turkish military operation in northern syria the u.s. military is pulling about a 1000 soldiers out of the combat zone we find ourselves as we have american forces likely

people killed in the violent protests in iraq is now a 105 that's according to iraq's observatory for human rights earlier the speaker of parliament threatened to join mass demonstrations unless the protesters demands were met thousands of battle police in the streets for days demanding jobs better public services and an end to corruption a number of t.v. stations were also attacked overnight let's go to imran khan who is live for us in the iraqi capital samer what's the situation now. well in the early hours of the morning we did see protests here in baghdad and across the south and central parts of iraq life until gas was at once again used this time of the protesting here in baghdad is they trying to move to the center of baghdad the been able unable to do that so the protests are taking place in neighborhoods surrounding central baghdad now the curfew has been lifted it was in place for 48 hours people defied the curfew they still came out in the streets to protest and so what we're expecting now is these protests to get larger and as they get larger a political crisis is actually brewing in t

kurdish fighters enters a 4th day 24 syrians have been killed according to the syrian observatory for human rights chris says 18 civilians have died on the turkey. side of the border the u.n. says lot of 100000 people have fled their homes since the attacks began all know when's day from the president on down we have communicated with the turks on this issue i spoke with turkish defense minister a car yesterday to express our strong opposition to turkey's actions and reiterated the damage this is doing to our bilateral relationship. u.s. officials say some american troops have withdrawn from the military position in northern syria that came into turkish artillery fire but it appears the outpost did not take a direct hit charles strafford reports from the take in syria bottle of black smoke rising over northeastern syria turkish army tanks and reinforcements move towards the border with turkey military says it's captured a number of villages around the kurdish controlled towns of to lobby out and russell i mean it's reported most if not all the civilian populations have fled. the u.n. says that mor

capital baghdad injuring at least 200 people the government says one person is dead iraq's observatory for human rights says the number is 3 and one time has more from baghdad. these are young people that are coming out on the streets they're complaining about the fact that they don't have jobs they are complaining about the state of the economy and these are guys with it is predominantly men who have access to social media so they can really push that message out and it's very it's testament to the power of social media in iraq but like i say at the very beginning of the day this was a very tiny protest in just a few hours they were able to get people out the street and the police had to seal off central baghdad public schoolteachers in jordan are continuing their protests for a 4th week forcing students to stay at home they say they won't return to classes until they get at least the 50 percent pay rise. police in finland are questioning a suspect about a sort of attack at a vocational college at least one person was killed and 10 injured at the college in a shopping center in an eastern town media s

scarce so far 30 civilians have been killed in the fighting that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights . what should count one is the director of the international rescue committee in the u.k. was previously a field director in syria he joins me in the studio now thanks for coming to talk to us so these reports of tens of thousands of people fleeing the area is what's your assessment of the scale of the humanitarian crisis the offensive is calling causing well it's frightening for a number of reasons the number of displaced is expected to be over 100000 at this point what's more worrying is that they've already been displaced many times i used to know families and commission either have fled homes now fleeing new fighting in what was previously a safer part of syria and they're fleeing to places like iraq a city the former caliphate capital for the isis which is in ruins and there is no safe drinking water very little food and we don't have access to them because with the fighting going on as it is humanitarians haven't got the freedom of movement that they need so if if the options of

partner in the fight against eisel the syrian observatory for human rights says by the time a cease fire was the cleared around 140 civilians had been killed and more than 175000 people displaced as turkey tried to create a 30 kilometer safe zone on the syrian border. president trumps decision brought widespread criticism even from his closest allies one of them republican lindsey graham said after the house floor that he was ready to take up the measure in the u.s. senate twitting at the one created this mess and he needs to fix it congress is intent on standing by the cards and s.t.'s forces who helped his destroy isis against turkish aggression it was a bad couple of hours for the turkish government the sanctions vote coming after the house voted to recognize the mass killing of armenians by autumn and turks during the 1st world war as genocide we can say that the ottoman empire committed this grotesque crime against the armenians. but their campaign of extermination failed and above all we will never forget it will never again be silenced tuckey denies there was a campaign to kill ar

civilians were killed as turkish forces push deeper into syria that number is from the syrian observatory for human rights turkey's military says more than 300 fighters have been captured or killed the kurds say only 29 of their fighters are dead. and the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who's testifying at the impeachment inquiry into president on a trump told the committee he pressured the state department to fire her every of it she was dismissed by president trump in may and former diplomat was named in the complaint that sparked this whole impeachment process. more on the humanitarian impacts now of turkey's military operation in syria and we're going to hear from who is the undersecretary general and emergency relief coordinator for the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs he told us the u.n. wants a deescalation of violence to protect civilians. well something like a $100000.00 syrians along a hundreds of kilometers. of the border octant voted to get on with this into syria which is the zone that they. want to set that looking at as they has set date men for operation

partner in the fight against eisel the syrian observatory for human rights says by the time a ceasefire was declared around 140 civilians have been killed and more than 175000 people displaced as turkey tried to create a 30 kilometer safe zone on the syrian border. president trumps decision brought widespread criticism even from his closest allies one of them republican lindsey graham said after the house floor that he was ready to take up the measure in the u.s. senate to eating at the one created this mess and he needs to fix it congress is intent on standing by the cards and s.t.'s forces who helped his destroy isis against turkish aggression it was a bad couple of hours for the turkish government the sanctions vote coming after the house voted to recognize the mass killing of armenians by autumn and turks during the 1st world war as genocide we can say that the ottoman empire committed this grotesque crime against the armenians but their campaign of extermination failed and above all we will never forget. it will never again be silenced tuckey denies there was a campaign to kill arm

northern syria has killed 15 people they include kurdish and turkish backed forces series observatory for human rights says the casualties happened near the disputed border town of. turkey's president has vowed to clear all kurdish fighters from a so-called safe zone near the border if they don't leave voluntarily. parts of central barcelona turned into a battleground between police and protesters following a largely peaceful march on saturday the issues baton and charged to people who'd been throwing bottles and rocks it's the latest mass demonstration in support of cattle on separatist leaders who've been jailed for their part in an independence referendum in 2017 which was declared illegal sunday but has more from barcelona. earlier this evening at least 350000 people had gathered in the center of barcelona to demand the release of the 9 cats on politicians and activists who've been sentenced will sedition maybe 2 weeks ago after that as we have seen all week they broke off into a smaller group but still quite a huge number of them and made their way over here to see the outside of the national spa

iraq's observatory for human rights say at least 105 people have been killed in 5 days of anti-government protests the speaker of parliament is threatening to join them unless protesters demands on next. are the yemeni government is warning that health service is suffering because of worsening petrol shortages the oil ministry is blaming the saudi an iraqi led coalition for imposing restrictions on fuel imports just one tanker has been granted permission to dock in the past 2 weeks only providing enough fuel for 5 days. mr dutton of the year when i've done the ban on fuel imports has brought life to a near standstill it is paralyzed hospitals factories and other vital institutions that are related to public service this is an unlawful ban of a commodity that does not represent any harm to the saudi led coalition but its restriction impacts everyday life and makes ordinary people's lives even harder. a one and a half 1000000 children in jordan are going back to school the government's reached a paid deal with striking teachers to end their month long walk out they're getting a 60 percent p

the ap reporting the syrian observatory for human rights, they are reporting intermittent clashes inive calm elsewhere is the cease-fire apparently continues that as you see a different story happening. more to come on this. we will continue to follow this development and bring you the latest as it continues to develop overnight on the fox news. we want to take you back to fox news at night already in progress. >> i was with the kurds in iraq, not syria but adjacent to syria and the main topic of conversation was the attack by turkey which was unfortunate and tragic. any cease-fire is welcome but the terms of this one are concerning. most significantly because they don't guarantee turkey won't do ethnic cleansing. the tenderness buffer zone in turkey wants, many of them are kurdish and turkey could easily move the kurds outcome push them out, it would be a terrible humanitarian situation for everyone. it is also concerning that there's not enough in here to ensure that the us and the kurds continue to fight isis. if we have to rely on turkey to fight isis we are really problematic si

the syrian observatory for human rights reports that 52 civilians have been killed so far. between 800 to 1,000 isis supporters escaped from a holding camp following turkish shelling and reports indicate that isis captives may have escaped from a separate prison. president trump shared his thoughts on the situation yesterday writing on twitter, quote, the u.s. has the worst of the isis prisoners. turkey and kurds must not let them escape. europe should have taken them back. they will never come to or be allowed in the united states. joining us live in northern iraq, nbc news correspondent matt bradley. good to have you with us with the latest situation on the ground. give us a walk through on what is happening on the military front and what can you tell us about this new alliance that is emerging between america's former friend the kurds and the fdf seeking requests from american adversaries, the syrian government backed by russia? >> reporter: yeah, ayman, it's been a crazy day yesterday. we saw a rot lot of events happg very quickly. you know, one of the things that we're

the syrian observatory for human rights reports at least 16 kurds have been killeded so far.r. turkey i is clmiming the deaeath toll is far higher. some of the heaviest fighting has been in the e syrian town nf tel abyad. turkish jets and artillery have reportedly hitit at leleast 81 targets east of the euphrates river. the trump administrationon has faced d widespread criticism frm both republican and democratic lawmakers for abanandoning the stateless kurds who had helped the u.s. f fight isis. turkey is claimingng the assault is neededed to estabablish a "se zone" inin northern syria whe turkey could relocate syrian refugees who fled over the past eight years of fighting. but the kurds see the offensive as part of a decades-long attack by turkey to crush their attempts at greater autonomy. amy: fear is also growing the turkish assault could lead to the mass release of isis fighters. up until now, the kurds has been responsible for holding over 10,000 isis fighters and their families in detention. while president trump has claimed turkey will take control of the makeshift jai